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Hi all I’m 46 and was diagnosed in October Grade 2 ER + HR2 negative had lumpectomy & senital lymph node biopsy in November and was gutted to hear that they found cancer in one of the 2 lymph nodes they removed. Was given choice to have lymph node clearance...
Hello! i'm Dee from Coventry, aged 60. I was just diagnosed with stage 1 in a 4cm lump in my right breast and the mammogram has found 2 on the left breast so I'm bookedin for bipsies of those and also my armpits next Tuesday. It feels like its all happpening...
Hi. I’ve just been diagnosed with mets in my spine after 25 yrs clear of breast cancer. This was discovered after a spell of breathlessness . To say I’m in shock is an understatement. It’s like everything I had planned has been snatched from me. I...
Hi - I’m a week and a half in from having a lumpectomy and the removal of three nodes. Diagnosis to surgery was 10 days so it has been a whirlwind. I’m Grade 1, Level 2. Currently doing my best to rest which is hugely frustrating but torally understand...
Hi everyone new here hoping to get answers without using the dreaded google
Hello everyone! I was first diagnosed at the end of August with. DCIS and invasive cancer. Ive had two ops under general anaesthetic, a third one to remove an unclear margin under local - after which the surgeon told me I’d be ‘cured’. Last week I...
Hello I am new here, I was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer in December, we have BRCA2 in the family, I had lumpectomy and lymph node biopsy just before Christmas, which came back with high Ki-67, so just started Chemo, and I feel a bit worse for...
hi, anyone tried regional chemo treatment? i was told such treatment is less invasive and less side effects. I'm looking having it done in Germany. any of you have done that?
Been on Anastrazole for 3 years now. Really noticing my hair is thinning.. never had thick hair, but was so thrilled when it came back after Chemotherapy. The idea of losing it again is really bothering me
I’ve been diagnosed with a hormone positive invasive lobular cancer and was told to stop HRT, which I did. However I now feel absolutely awful with menopause symptoms (the reason I started HRT in the first place). I came across an interview with Kirsty...
