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Had my surgery for breast and lymph nodes done, overnight surgery hospital nurses great but glad to be out bit wobbly after lying in bed for 2 days, have drain in which need emptying every day, and go back to consult next Wednesday and have dressing taken...
Hello everyone, I thought it wise to join a support group facing the challenge of breast cancer. I was diagnosed a month ago today with IDC 2B G2 boob cancer in one boob. Got a mini donut in there apparently. Now poised to meet the oncology team to...
Hi, I have to make a hard decision for me, whether to take Verzenio (Abemaciclib) with letrozole or no….im on stage 2 with 2 lymph nodes, 69 years old, not in very good fit, and im afraid of side effects…Has anyone had a relapse after treatment with Abemaciclib...
Hi - yesterday I was diagnosed with breast cancer. 6cm tumour that has spread to 1 lymph node. I now need a CT scan to see if the cancer has spread. I was prepared for the breast cancer diagnosis and positive that it could be treated but now I am so scared...
After 6 cycles of Doxetaxel, Carboplatin and Phesgo every 3 weeks ftom June for grade 3 5cm her2 positive invasive ductal carcinoma in left breast. I had an almost complete response to chemo and was left with 5mm before surgery to remove the rest. I start...
Silly question. Can I keep my nose ring in during radiotherapy?. I'm having 15 sessions and I don't want the hole to close up!
Hello-all.. I’m a single parent, have elderly parents who I try to support, I work full time in a demanding career and I'm waiting for a month for either breast conserving surgery or mastectomy. I am ‘likely’ to need radiotherapy and ‘possibly’ chemo...
DCIS, Masectomy,lump found, BRAC2, Tamoxifen for 11 years, just recently found large swelling in chest wall, scan done, needle biopsy, CT scan and core biopsy, said it is large tumour also showing fluid in lymph nodes, waiting on treatment plan 23rd Nov...
So I had 6 rounds of chemo for breast cancer. Lump had shrunk but they still went ahead with a full mastectomy. 6 weeks later I get told the chemo had got rid of the cancer and the biopsy after surgery showed the lump that was left was actually a second...
It's been 8 weeks since my lumpectomy. But I still have a sore lump below the scar and the are below my nipple.is grey-is this normal?
