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Hi all New here and I have questions. 7mm tumour removed. Biopsy tested positive for estrogen (number 4) but when tumour was analysed it came back negative. They repeating analysis on my request. Surgeon said I should push for the DX test but not...
I am having a mastectomy next Wednesday. My surgeon said I would leave with two drains in for a week. Is this normal my friend who had same op didn’t have this . He was so matter of fact and not friendly at all gave me no reassurance about the op. Any...
I'm just about to start adjuvant chemo next week on a 12 x weekly Paclitaxol followed by 4 x 2 weekly EC for breast cancer. I know everyone is different but I am wondering what to expect. there is a lot of information on the drugs the other way round...
Hi all, I tried googling this, but couldn’t find anything. Basically, a friend announced that I have had a double mastectomy and cancer diagnosis to her two adult daughters who I had only just met a few minutes before. I was sitting there, in the lounge...
Hi, Fairly new to group but diagnosed with DCIS (ranging 8cm) in my right breast in February. Mastectomy with implant reconstruction went ahead in April. The results of this that were missed on all biopsies was a 2.1cm tumour of invasive cancer and...
Hi I had been considering booking a mammogram, mainly because my husbands late wife died after leaving breast cancer because of reasons best known to herself. Instead I had an ultrasound to look at my haitus hernia and that showed a lesion on my right...
Hi. I had a lumpectomy in December 2021 with a re-excision a month later in January 2022, followed by EC chemo, radiotherapy and then started 10 years of endocrine therapy with 3 years of bisphosphonates. I'm now almost 3 years from the surgery and...
I had a mastoplexy twice due to too small margins. Had radiotherapy in February. Follow up appointment never mentioned further ops or whether I was happy. When can you ask for the other breast to be 'downsized'? I find it too hard to find bras that are...
Hey everyone So just done round 3 of chemo last Friday and normally I'm back to normal by now...well normalish..symptoms have been manageable but lasting a little longer this time..aching constipation..flu like feeling but the worst is my taste..I lose...
Hi i had 5 radiotherapy sessions and moisturised following the sessions. I now have i can only describe as a tanned breast where i had my radiotherapy with a defined edge. How long will it take for my breast to go back to its normal colour? My skin isnt...
