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Hi I’m new here. Recently diagnosed with breast cancer and due to have lumpectomy and removal of sentinel node on Wednesday 18th September. I live alone and although a friend is staying with me for a few nights, I’m worried about washing, dressing...
Hi everyone, I was diagnosed with breast cancer five months ago and was told that it hadn’t spread to the lymph nodes. It was receptive to hormone treatment and I was told not to worry and that I could live many years. However, a recent scan showed that...
I am really struggling with regulating my temperature (my actual measured temperature is always okay) - but I am going from feeling too cold to too hot all the time. Does anyone have any advice on how to get over this, please? For info, I had my second...
I have neuropathy in my legs from chemo. Treatment finished almost 2 years ago does it ever go away?
Hello there! My chemo starts on Monday, which is great news, however I was only told yesterday that this is the case so just getting my head around what I need to do. I had originally planned to get my eyebrows mircobladed, but as I’ve only got three...
I had a lumpectomy in 2022 and started on letrozole as my lump was oestrogen positive. Since then I struggled with weak muscles and my vaginal prolapse got worse so I had a cystocele and rectocele about a year ago. Then I had to have a uterine polyp removed...
Hi, I've recently been diagnosed with HER2 breast cancer. It's a 28mm tumour in a small breast so a lumpectomy will result in quite a noticeable difference in size. The other option is a mastectomy with immediate reconstruction. I'm terrified of waking...
Hi hoping someone can help me understand I got my results on last Tuesday from my wide local excision.the surgeon played everything down then I got my letter saying I had pre invasive cancer dcis low grade margins not clear having another wide local...
Hi, My mum will be starting treatment for stage 1 HER2 positive breast cancer. She will be getting 6 cycles (every 3 weeks) of carboplatin/docitaxel and Herceptin. I am looking to see if anyone has been on this protocol - what their experience of...
Many of the posts on this forum touch on the stress and anxiety which comes with cancer diagnosis and treatment. Has anyone tried hypnotherapy as a way of helping to cope with this aspect? I would be interested to know how you found a therapist and...
