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Hi everyone, it’s been a long time. I have been having pain in my right armpit. I’ve had a double mastectomy with 2 lymph nodes out of my right armpit and one the left. I’ve recently had a burning pain in my right armpit. I’m two years post surgery...
I had a lumpectomy and node removal just over 2 years ago, I have been on tamoxifen after radiation therapy since then. I have has some scar tissue and cording, but there is a lump that feels more round and pea like, similar to how the original tumour...
Hi all, feels like a world wind to be honest this journey I’m on , I’m 41 and found a lump 31st January went to doctors , then Breast clinic was told 2 weeks later after biopsy that the lump was cancer (3cm) they then found calcification in the same breast...
Had 4 rounds of chemo and had mastectomy with implant re construction and full right lymph node removal.will have some radiotherapy soon and some form of chemo cause I am her 2 positive and have the chek 2 gene also.i was meant to have 6 round s of chemo...
I had DCIS and had a lumpectomy in June 2022. I went back to hospital over a week ago as I had noticed a change in same breast...my breast above lumpectomy scar has sunk in to my chest. They did a mammogram and I go back on Monday 17th for a scan. Obviously...
Hello I went for a mammogram on the 28 th February now I've been called back to an assessment clinic 21st march I have got a spot on my boob that everyone has said is a spot it started off as red but then started healing I have been a nervous wreck all...
Hi, I have had my lumpectomy in Jan then lymph node clearance in February. There was only one lymph node had cancer in out of 31. I have been through the menopause and I’m 60 years old. I have an appointment to see the oncologist on Monday, this is...
Not sure on how to start so here it goes. My mom has been diagnosed with cancer in the left breast and it has spread to her lymphnodes. Its all very fresh and we are still in shock. She's been through a few tests and we have a meeting with her team...
Blocked nose when on Chemo’, it seems I can’t breathe properly. Not allowed to blow my nose to clear it as it could cause bleeding.
I had breast cancer 13 years ago in my left breast (DCIS) and I had a lumpectomy and radiotherapy plus Tamoxifen. Then in October 2024 I discovered a lump in my right breast and it was confirmed as Invasive cancer and I had a lumpectomy and lymph node...
