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Hello I am new here, I’ve been diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer which, unfortunately for me has spread to lymph nodes and various parts of my body. Chemo starts tomorrow
I have been taking Letrozole for 3 years now and have noticed that my hair is thinning. Does anyone have any recommendations for help here. Obviously the cause for my thinning hair is probably due to the drug rather than age related therefore i'm not...
Anybody else feel lonely
Hi I’ve recently been diagnosed with breast cancer. In the last three weeks my feet haven’t touched the ground. Tomorrow I’m back at the hospital for a full scan then onto a heart scan. I don’t know about anybody else but I feel swept out to sea .
I was diagnosed in April 2025, Invasive Ductal, Tubular Cribiform Carcinoma, ER & PR positive and HER2 Negative. In the breast and lymph node. I started chemo in May 2025, I had #5 Last week and due to have final #6, end of this month. Im quite a...
Have just 3 weeks ago been diagnosed with breadt cancer .Am dyevto have a mastectomy next week .zim having a hard time processing the fact that I have cancer.i am an emotionally wreck
Feeling really anxious to start treatment but need more tests feeling weak today and scares me so much since being diagnosed I feel like I'm just watching the world go by slowly anyone to offer some uplifting anything about this horrible situation I just...
I had a mastectomy in July and had a PICO wound dressing which was removed after14 days. Since then I have had seroma. whilst it is not has bad as it was and I understand will disappear through my body I am wondering if anyone has any tips on how to try...
Hi, I was recently diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma. It is ER+, PR+ and HER2 neg. I've had a lumpectomy and sentinel node biopsies. Although there is no evidence of cancer in the nodes, the tumor was nearly 3cms and grade 3, so I am having the...
Hello Has anyone had any issues with PICC line dressing. I have started reacting to dressing and have gone through number of them. Started with the regular one and now I'm on the 4th one I think, which is more just like a fabric plaster. But if I start...
