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Hi everyone.I found a round bump attached to my right nipple .Really strange..just saw it by chance when changing my clothes.Its not painful,it's abit firm,just like a ball attached on top of the nipple.Im not sure what to think..I have got a 2 week referral...
Hi all. New here. I’ve had chemo, single mst. And just ended a 6 month chemo tablet course, which was hard. Struggling now with not thinking the worst and thinking everything is a return. i feel mentally wiped. Lack of motivation and energy, and can...
Hi all Thought I'd share this - just read on social media that Gabapentin (also pregabalin) has been reclassified as a class C controlled substance and "prescribers can no longer issue electronic prescriptions - they will have to be handwritten" ...
so have my pet scan xmas eve, lady was bit vague on the phone when they called, advised cant swallow water, is it ok to flush into the j peg into my lower bowel to rehydrate, "yes" ish was the answer, can any one advise what they did to do the equivalent...
Hi all, I’ve recently been diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer and will be having a bilateral mastectomy on 31/12/24. Feeling very overwhelmed with all this. Emotionally a lot to get my head round. I have a bigger lump in my left breast and...
Hi. I was diagnosed with grade 2 invasive breast cancer and had 2 lumps removed. I'm now waiting for radiotherapy and will need estrogen blockers for 5-10 years. I have critical illness cover with Canada life and am waiting for them to complete their...
I've just had recall appointment following routine mammogram where they did further mammogram, ultrasound and took biopsies. They've told me there's a 2.5cm area in my right breast which they're 99% sure is cancerous. Now waiting for another appointment...
Evening Everyone, I was diagnosed with Her-2 negative Breast Cancer in March 2022. I had a lumpectomy and 10 rounds or radiotherapy, I'm currently on daily Tamoxifen and monthly Zoladex Injections. I've had twinges and pains every now and then,...
Hi everyone From having a mammogram and then being called to have a scan and ending up with biopsy in breast and lymph nodes to diagnosis has been very surreal. My first appointment with Oncologist to discuss treatment did not go as well as I had so...
Hi everyone I got my last biopsy result yesterday and now know that my cancer is Oestrogen positive and HER2 negative. I'm booked for surgery to remove the lesions from my right breast and my axillary lymph nodes on the 19th December as a day patient...
