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Update Thank you for all your kind replies. I don’t feel so alone now. My symptoms were to do with my remaining breast and it feels lumpy too. I could be wrong about the lumps being new because I have ignored this breast since the mastectomy....
I had to finish my chemo 2 sessions early at the end of last year due to peripheral neuropathy after my first session of paclitaxel and we ended on a last session of Ec. I'm awaiting to hear the dates of my radiotherapy but I need some advice on what...
This maybe a premature question as I still have chemo and radiotherapy ahead of me but I love to swim. I'm not great, or fast but I previously swam once a week for about an hour of steady breast stroke and I need to know that I will be doing this again...
Hi all been a while since I was on. Update. Lumpectomy/ sentinel node / reconstruction Done the 29th oct. Margins came back clear. 4cm removed. Inavasive ductal carcinoma was grade 3. Estrogen receptors her 2 negative... after borderline dishes...
I think today has been my worst day, not the diagnosis, not the confirmation of everything not the lack of communication, not even feeling like I wasn’t treated well in an echocardiogram. But haven’t got up early prepared and organised as I’m caring for...
Hi all, Has anyone stopped chemotherapy early. I had chemo yesterday and have 2 left to go of Docetaxel. I can pretty much manage the chemo with all its ups and many downs. However I suffer from sciatica and it’s making it so hard to manage I literally...
Dear All, I had a mastectomy and lymph node removal on 20th December, the district nurse kindly visited up until new years day and left me a couple of spare dressings should I need them. My question is when do I remove the dressings from the lymph node...
Hi, I've got my mastectomy on Tuesday, weirdly I'm actually looking forward to it, while also scared! I just want it done now. Been told to take in overnight bag, but hopefully I'll be home later that day. I guess I'll get my follow up treatment confirmed...
I’ve been diagnosed with grade 2 lobular breast cancer. It’s also in my lymph so I had a ct scan today. Now need to wait 2 weeks to confirm if it’s jn the breast only. I’ve already waited 5 weeks from mammogram recall to c scan and now need to wait another...
Hi, I’ve just had my 4th PC chemo and have been having heart palpitations on and off for the past couple of weeks. I had a quick ecg and nothing showed up but it was only on for 15 secs and I didn’t have heart palpitations at the time. I am stressing...
