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I am having lumpectomies both sides in November and am thinking about practicalities. I’m wondering if I should move things to low shelves in case I can’t lift my arms much. I live alone. Any practical advice would be useful. Thanks.
Has anyone else had a bone scan and CT tap as part of their investigations?
https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/letter-from-frances-burney-to-her-sister-esther-about-her-mastectomy?fbclid=IwAR2wZpLlJjLAWYgSamNJetPc7sfWRk7kcbtvbDrlx65ZWO95ayrQdsPLt4Q How lucky we are now!!
Hello eveyone. I had lobular breast cancer in 2015. A mastectomy, lymph removal, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and tomifen up till 2020. In July this year i started getting an aching arm and thought I'd pulled a muscle (although i can't remember doing...
This afternoon I had an MRI following a diagnosis of invasive lobular carcinoma on 12.10.21. I was told by the Radiologist that it would most probably be 2 weeks before my consultant got the results. I wondered if anyone else here had had an MRI as part...
Hi all I don’t have breast cancer but I have womb cancer but have been put on anastrazole which I have been told is used with breast cancer. I have been on it just over a week now and just wondering if it is normal to have lower back pain? I have...
I have recently started taking tamoxifen 20mg daily. I take it in the morning but have found I am now up during the night visiting the toilet. Has anyone else had this and would I be better taking the tablet at night
I went with my husband for the results of my second biopsy ( I was diagnosed with DCIS low grade three weeks ago) and the surgeon said it was positive so she s recommending a therapeutic mammoplasty which we d briefly discussed at the last appointment...
Hi everyone, I'm new to this community. I was diagnose with breast cancer in early December and had surgery to remove the lump and the nipple, unfortunately, as well as a couple of lymph nodes on my left side - I was amazed at how quickly it all happened...
Hi Guys, Ive been told need Chemo, Radio and hormone therapy. How long normally before Chemo normally starts? ( next appt will be 12 weeks from op and that’s just to discuss trial or not -seems a long time even with xmas in between). Sorry heads on free...
