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Hello - I was diagnosed with Lobular breast cancer on the 8th July. I didn’t have any symptoms and it was found on my routine mammogram which was such a shock. I am having my operation on Tuesday for a Lumpectomy and some lymph nodes taken? I’m feeling...
Hi I'm new to all this , got diagnosed with stage 2 BC left breast , had mammogram had scans biopsies clip seed, had lumpsectomy with lymph nodes removed 31st march then a cavity shave 4 weeks ago , starting radiotherapy 31st July to 6th Aug got tamoxifen...
Hi everyone. I’ve been on letrozole for about 18 months and today half a tooth came out. Any connection do you think? I take over the counter calcium and am waiting for my dexa scan. Grateful for any views on this. thanks
Hi all. I was diagnosed with Grade 2 bc in June after a biopsy and put on Letrozole. My next appointment is 1st September and I’m wondering what will happen then. i have been told I will have a lumpectomy and radiation therapy. I feel like I’m in limbo...
Hi all, I have just been diagnosed and have to stop HRT, can anyone recommend an alternative?
Hi, I had lumpectomy and sentinel node biopsy a week ago and still feel sore. Thought I'd be ok by now. I'm following the post-op exercises. How long does it take to physically recover? What are people's experience of it?
Hi I've had four rounds of EC and three rounds of docetaxel with phesgo and now on phesgo every three weeks. I am booked in for a lumpectomy next week. I have found that I have no interest in anything and have no motivation to do anything ! I just wondered...
Has anyone been prescribed this yet since NICE approved the drug last month? I asked about it but was told as I had started hormone blockers just over a year ago, I would not be eligible? I was prescribed Letrozole prior to surgery for 8 weeks but came...
I had a wide local incision and sentinel node biopsy on 26th June and got my results last week. They had taken 3 nodes and only found 2mm of micro cells in the first one and the other 2 were clear so that was a relief. The tumor was a little bigger...
Hi I am nearly 3 weeks post mastectomy with immediate implant reconstruction after a DCIS diagnosis. Just wondering what other people's experience is after a few weeks. I am still finding it feels incredibly sensitive/raw when I move around. A bit...
