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Hoping someone here can help with an answer. I was diagnosed in February with DCIS. Had mastectomy and reconstruction end March. At the end of April I was prescribed Letrozole. At the same time I had a visit with the diabetes nurse. Informed me that my...
Hi everyone - just looking for some advice - I had a lumpectomy and lymph node removal and my breast is still extremely swollen and sore - with the occasional sharp shooting pain - I’m also very tired - my breast cancer nurse said the tiredness had nothing...
Hi I have been asked to consider this and have two questions one is what was recovery like? I have been told by the surgeon this could be 6-9 months whereas cancer research states that it could be 8-12 weeks. the second question is how do your breasts...
I'm really pleased that, as far as anyone can tell, I have a good prognosis. No lymph node issues, for whatever that is worth, cancer responds to progesterone and oestrogen. No cancer cells left, only some pre-cancer ones near the margin. I may need radiation...
I had an appointment with my surgeon yesterday who confirmed I have clear margins (after second surgery) following a lumpectomy and no node involvement. My tumour is mixed biology of tubular and ductal and was 16mm (1mm found in margins which resulted...
Hi everyone. Struggling on Letrozole (since November 25) with pain and stiffness, utterly miserable with it. Moved to anastrozole and no improvement. Spoken to 2 people recently who said they were moved on to exemestane and all the pain and stiffness...
I had my blood test yesterday, as my chemotherapy was scheduled for this afternoon. My appointment was at 3:20pm, and I arrived 10 minutes early. There were no other patients waiting, so I was seen immediately. Next day, the nurse called again to inform...
Hi I’ve noticed since being on letrozole ( over a year now) that I sometimes have a light brown discharge in my knicker pad spotting . today has been more than before . anyone else noticed this ? thank you
Hi, I'm a 44y single mum of 17m (with autism) and 14f. I was referred to the breast clinic because of really intense breast pain that came from nowhere. I wasn't sure if I could feel a lump but the GP felt a 4cm lump on examination. 3 weeks later, I went...
Hello, I have lymphodema in my arm and breast following complete lymph node removal. Despite a lumpectomy, my breast is bigger than my healthy one, due to the swelling. I find crop top style bras most comfy, but the Late Effects Radiotherapy nurse has...
