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I'm writing on behalf of my 81 year old mum who has just been diagnosed with breast cancer. she has opted for a mastectony with no reconstruction but now her firend who had breadt cancer about 15 years ago told her she wished she'd had a reconstruction...
Hi, This is my first post after being diagnosed with Breast Cancer in January 26. I had an invasive ductal carcinoma (13mm) NST Grade3, No issue with sentinal lymph nodes, ER+8, PR+8 HER2 (FISH): negative pT1c NO (sn), no lymphovascular invasion. Oncotype...
Hi all - I was diagnosed with Grade 1, ER/PR-positive, HER2-negative invasive ductal breast cancer in July - and had surgery planned for 3rd September. On the day - after my magseed seed was inserted - I was informed my op was cancelled due to an 'electrical...
I guess this is a bit of a hello, a couple of questions and a lot of trying to let go of worries. I have spent the last 6 years escaping an abusive marriage and finally myself and the girls seemed to be regaining some sense of life... except I have now...
hello, Im Lola and new here! I am a 52 year old working artist and single solo mother, with a significant medical history of three separate cancer diagnoses, each a decade apart. In 2006 (age 31), I was diagnosed with Stage IIB Hodgkin lymphoma...
Hi everyone. im at the start of my journey. I found a lump at the beginning of july and was referred for the breast clinic within a month. After a mammogram, ultrasound and biopsy was completed the consultation was pretty sure it wasn’t a cyst , but...
Its been a year since my diagnosis for her2 breast cancer iv had chemo surgery and radiotherapy and am now almost half way on kadcyla treatment and bone infusions every6 months. Although its described as lighter chemo compared to the brutal one I had...
Hi, I've just got back from hospital following mastectomy and reconstruction using belly flap and my M&S support pants are useless. I'm a size 12/14 and size 16/18 are tiny? I found some links on another forum but they don't work and most reviews are...
I have just finished Chemotherapy for breast cancer and am now facing the surgery phase of my treatment. I have been offered a Localised Wide Local Excision or a Therapeutic Mammoplasty, and am all at sea as to which one to choose. If possible, I would...
I underwent a lumpectomy on 4th August with a sentinel node biopsy. They managed to get the cancer removed with a clear margin but it had turned up in one lymph node. I’ve waited since then for the results of my Oncotype test and I scored a 7. I feel...
