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I’m struggling to stay positive as when I went back for the results of my surgery, I’ve been told that I need to go back for more surgery as cancer was found in the one lymph node the surgeon took. At first I was more bothered about going back for more...
I know I'm Scottish but I do speak plain English - not sure my oncologist or surgeon do though! It's all techno babble and letters of the alphabet which mean nothing to me. The letters they send are no less confusing! I eventually got annoyed with them...
Hi, mum mum has just been diagnosed with breast cancer. We have to wait a week for biopsy results to determine treatment, they gave us a leaflet for primary breast cancer but we were told there were a couple of lymph nodes affected, does that mean it...
I have had 3 sessions of PC now and on the third session (just over a week ago) I had a reaction to the paclataxil. This week I have had new sensations: heart palpitations, pulsatile tinnitus and intermittent strange sensation, poss nerve related/pulsing...
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Hi. I'm wondering if anyone has the same thing that I'm experiencing. I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2020. Treatment wasn't as bad as I anticipated, even though I had a mastectomy. However, the past couple of days I have had a serious itch across...
Had 7 rounds of radiotherapy 2 didn’t work as they couldn’t position my left arm as to painful, had another ct scan today sat to see if they are getting right place, am feeling pretty awful at moment what with getting over chest infection and the tiredness...
I had a single left mastectomy with temporary (silicon) reconstruction just over six weeks ago. I had problems with excess fluid build-up at first, and had to have a drain re-inserted, but hoping that is all over now. My chest is now feeling really tight...
Hi All I had a smx in September for ILC. No node involvement and chemo not needed. However the oncologist has recommended 5 days of rads due to the size of the multifocal tumours (4.8cm and 1.8cm). I'm having my 3rd radiotherapy session today but I...
Does anyone know of any outlets that sell clothes that have breast pockets built into them or sell clothes that look nice on flat-chested women? Plus size is needed. Many thanks
