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Hi All, This is my first time on this site. I want to share my experience of my last mammogram. All went well as per usual, until I had to present my breast for a side squash, in doing so the pain was absolutely excruciating. Now my last one three years...
Hi I have had a-recent triple positive diagnosis, a clear post op result in lymph and breast. ~ has anyone else battled with the juxtaposition that being ‘cancer clear’ and then being told you need all that treatment a total nightmare ? I feel like...
I have my first mammogram after wide local excision & 5 fractions of radiotherapy. Was told all was clear at beginning of June so I know I’ve been very lucky but I’m still scared about today
Hi, Has anyone had bilateral bronchocentric opacities found on ct imaging. Mine have been watched for 7 months and they've done a bronchoscopy waiting for results. Just wondering if anyone one has had this and it lead to breast cancer being found...
Hi all, I am new here - feeling very scared. I found a lump in my left breast last week and went to the consultant today. He examined me and he thought it was a cyst. I was sent for a mammogram and ultrasound, which I was told by the radiologist were...
Hi, I was diagnosed with TNBC in October 2024 after I found a lump that did not show up on mammograms. I went through Chemo, surgery, radiotherapy and then another 6 months of Chemo and finished up in January this year. I was given the all clear at...
Im utterly devastated. I had this gut wrenching feeling it was going to be cancer, but now i feel im on the verge of being given even worst news. Today I was told its in my breast and lymph nodes and its a grade 3 cancer. I've had bad hip and thigh...
Good evening, I haven’t messaged for ages. I finished treatment for breast cancer in September 2021. 4 years cancer free and so grateful. The problem now is how can my body still feel so battered and bruised 4 years on. I’m tired, my body aches, I feel...
Hi, I am new on here. I am not very good at sharing my feelings, I always try to be strong and get through. At the end of August I found out I had a cancerous breath lump and one lymph node. Then after MRI and PET CT scan the hospital said its Lobular...
Hi I've recently been diagnosed with HER2 positive which has come as a complete shock having no family history. Lots of appointments to attend before chemo starts in two weeks time. I've been bombarded with such a lot of information which to be honest...
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