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Hello, I was diagnosed in January with HER2 breast cancer grade 2 which spread to a sentinel node. I had an operation in May and took Letrozole from the start. a sample was sent to the US for oncotyping and the chances of this cancer spreading are...
Hi I’m 46 and went to my appointment with the breast clinic Wednesday and at first said it was a cyst and I would have it drained but will still need to have a mammogram and an ultrasound and the next minute I was have two biopsies taken as there was...
My radiotherapy finished yesterday. ( ductal carcinoma in situ stage 2 grade 3, also lymph nodes removed) Today I cant shake the feeling of exhaustion or the feeling like i want to cry. I dont know if this is normal, or if its because im on letrozole...
Hi everyone! I'm a 50 yr old Mum to 3 lovely kids and an married to the l love of my life. I have been diagnosed with invasive ductal breast cancer of my left breast, ER positive, bone metastases spine, left illiac crest and sternum) and a solid mass...
A few of you may remember the other week me frantically posting as a 33 year old diagnosed with breast cancer so thought I’d give an update. yesterday I met with my consultant and the CT scan confirmed it has not spread beyond lymph nodes, I have been...
Has anyone had a pico dressing after surgery? im having theraputic mammoplasty surgery soon and my surgeon told me i would have a pico dressing for two weeks changed after one week he did say it would drive me mad i guess because it's operated by battery...
Yesterday I got informed that the final test result had come through and it now turns out that I am Her2 positive aswell so I now won’t be having surgery on the 15th of September as I have to have chemo before it can be taken out. There is another wait...
Hi everyone, I’m hoping to hear from anyone who has been in a similar situation and had to make a difficult decision about chemotherapy. I’m 47 and was diagnosed with ER-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer. It hadn’t spread to my lymph nodes and I...
Hi All Got over the nausea, taste buds back to normal...but now my facial skin has taken a turn for the worst. It is very dry with red blotches, it stings and I have some acne. I understand this is a good sign that the chemo is working, but would appreciate...
I have breast cancer HER2 +ve and just started the first cycle of chemotherapy (phesgo and carboplatin and docetaxel). I also need to inject the Accofil for white blood cell growth. I read the side effect might also has diarrhoea. The 4th night started...
