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But not a very patient one! I've at least got a diagnosis, it's invasive ductal cancer grade 2, but still small, oestrogen receptive but looks as if I might get away with the lymph nodes....and maybe not too much treatment afterwards? Complex plan...
Morning. I had a bit of a breakthrough today from, what was to me, an area of support I hadn't considered. I needed to speak to the GPS Pharmacist about a drug review I didn't think I need ed. She agreed and resolved that issue. As I was on a roll I...
Hello, I'm Snezana, and I am 40 years old. I discovered a lump in my right breast in February. After undergoing a mammography, ultrasound, biopsy, MRI, and an Oncotype DX test, I had surgery on May 28th. The tumor and the first two lymph nodes were removed...
Hi folks, I hope everyone is having as good a weekend as possible. I've just completed 9 weekly rounds of PC chemo and am due to move onto EC this Thursday (3 treatments). From reading some of the experiences in previous threads, and hearing from...
I am very new to all this but I found a hard area on my breast a month or so ago and had my first appointment at the breast clinic nearly two weeks ago where they took biopsies of the lump and also nearby lymph node. I was also sent for an MRI on my spine...
I'm 18 days post op theraputic mamoplasty and 7 lymph nodes removed had my results yesterday clear margins 1 lymph node showed microscopic cancer but low enough to be considered negative will need radiotherapy but no chemo its the best posible results...
I had my surgery 3 weeks ago and just had my results meeting. Good news is they removed the tumours with a good 4cm clear margin.....not so good is that 5 out of 14 nodes are cancerous (I was shocked as I hoped it was only 1 or 2). Now I'm really worried...
Hello Everyone I'm newly diagnosed with a metastatic recurrence of Breast Cancer I had 15 years ago. Breast cancer cells were found in fluid drained from my lung. I'm yet to see the BC team at my hospital - my biopsy from the pleural fluid came back...
Only diagnosed a week ago . Had ultrasound,biopsy waiting for next step . Feeling very anxious and keep crying .
Well. Welcome to this thread. You may be surprised why it is here or happy it is here. Then again: ‘You have got to be joking! Do you know what is wrong with me?’ may be your response. This all began on the Extreme Fatigue thread. On there several...
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