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Hello all, I am hoping for some help. I have been now advised of my endocrine treatment and what that looks like for the next 10 years. can anyone who has had a similar experience please share with me. I am due to start ovarian suppression injection...
Hi I'm new here was diagnosed in July and it feels like a roller-coaster ride.
I’m 3 weeks post surgery and having healing problems underarm. Chabging dressings every 3/4 hours and clothing getting wet constantly. Not bleeding just fluid. saw the Brest nurse last week but they didn’t warn me about this. Anyone else had a similar...
hi, in the last couple of days I have started to feel a dull pain in my breast. It comes and goes for a few seconds and then goes away... I'm waiting to meet the team and be given a date for the surgery, next Monday. I called the breast nurse and she...
I am really struggling with the emotional fallout from the diagnosis. On the one hand I know I should feel happy that the Cancer was caught early and I only needed radiotherapy, but on the other hand I worry daily about it coming back. I dont know if...
Hey lovely people, hope everyone is keeping well! I'm almost completing 2 years post mastectomy following a grade 3 DCIS diagnosis. I've had what specialists call the really treatable cancer, caught at a very early stage, with very good prognosis. Radio...
My hair has grown back curly since chemotherapy. I hate it, and really struggling with how to control it. I have my old hair on top and new hair growing under neath. It’s awful my hair feels alike c wing gum
Good morning radiation buddies, I completed my 5 days of radiotherapy last week. So far I have coped ok but over the last couple of days I’ve developed several red spots on my chest. I don’t have great skin at the best of times but this looks more like...
Hi guys, I am 6 weeks post surgery having had a right side Mastectomy with reconstruction (no chemo or radio needed) I feel so lucky. I've had a few issues with healing and have had to have weekly bandage changes and checkups. I've just finished 4 weeks...
I have been hospitalised with gastritis, home now just feeling so weak, my chemotherapy was postponed for a week, I was given a steriod infusion to boost me. I was admitted to a&e, put on a couple of drips, and injections. Just would like to seek advice...
