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How long after lumpectomy surgery and radiotherapy should one’s breast still be sore? I managed really well with my treatment, which finished 6 months ago. I am just concerned that my armpit (only 2 lymph nodes removed) and breast is still sore, in...
I finished radiotherapy in June. Only the last month I have noticed the skin under my boob has changed. My breast feels heavy and it looks like the skin has raised. Like raised scratch/claw marks. Is this normal? I'm due to see the consultant next week...
Hello, Can anyone recommend a good wig shop in London for a human hair wig? Thank you Hope everyone is managing. I just started 15 days of RT Jan xxx
Hi is anyone else getting migraine whilst taking letrozole I can handle all the other aches and pains. But the headaches are getting me down. Have been taking it for five months. I take it at bedtime. Should I take it at a different time x. X
Hi I am 5 weeks into my tamoxifen and goserelin treatments and also 10 days into 15 of radiation. I have developed a pain in my stomach, quite localised but not constant when I cough or sit slouchy. It is about level with my navel but to the left side...
Hi, just wondering if anyone has had a FISH test on HER2 and got a negative result? Thank you x
Hi all I am recently diagnosed BC and so far feel like I have been on this journey, for what feels like forever. I discovered 'the lump' one evening at the beginning of July whilst Face Timing my daughter and had brushed my hand over my...
Hi everyone has anyone experienced this wretched back pain that feels like someone is drilling through your back with what feels like spasms i ve just had my 3 Med cycle of Doxi and PT .. day 5 today post and on filgastrim injections for 5 days… I...
Hello Exraygirl. I'm back. reminder about my story. failed lumpectomy of Dcis 2010, 4.5cm removed during mastectomy extending to anterior and posterior margins. 10 nodes removed and clear. Said they'd do radiotherapy, then decided not to do. Here I...
Hi All, I have been following the thread of oestrogen blocking medication to see how it is affecting people and the things they find that help. I have been on Letrozole for just over 3 weeks, so early days, but for the last week my abdomen feels tender...
