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Received my diagnosis on Thursday just waiting for next appt to be given treatment plan. Have 2 little girls and really struggling to not think about them growing up without a mum. I know I have no evidence that I won’t be ok but wondering how others...
Hi there, I’m wondering if anyone has any similar experiences or advice/info… I saw the GP about 2 months ago with a new breast lump who referred me to the one stop breast clinic where a mammogram showed the lump (as others) as benign. They then called...
Wonder if someone else on here has this my mum had a 5.1cm tumour also on the Breast skin cancer trying to come out in her right breast had a mastectomy about two weeks ago surgeon was confident that he had removed all the cancer also removed 19 lymph...
Hi all. I'm new to this group and at the "waiting for results" stage. Had several biopsies taken almost 3 weeks ago. Results on Tuesday (backlog). Just needed to get my "feelings" out of my head, although I don't really know how I really feel so sorry...
Hello I have been having some episodes of arrhythmia since finishing treatment (tamoxifen/mastectomy with diep/chemotherapy/radiotherapy) last September. I am on letrozole now. Echocardiogram was normal, bp is normal, hr is sometimes as high as 130...
My last meeting with my doctor was 2 weeks ago tomorrow. It was just after I had had an MRI scan. I was told three things: - 1. I had to have a CT scan Why I'm not 100% sure but it was somethig to do with being 100% certain. Certain of what? I have...
Hi everyone I have been diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer and had a lumpectomy on the 1st July so currently recovering from that waiting for my results re margins and also lymph nodes biopsy done during surgery but concerned as told might...
Hi, I’m new to the forum and looking for some support through this rollercoaster! I got diagnosed with Early breast cancer (ER positive HER2 negative) in February. Lumpectomy and 2 nodes removed. Both nodes had cancer in and margins not clear so second...
Hi everyone. I am having a mastectomy with A reconstruction (implant) in a couple of weeks. I live alone so will stay in hospital overnight. My sister is meant to be going on holiday but says she won’t as she thinks I can’t be on my own for 4days - she...
Hi all I’m about to start EC chemo 9 weeks followed by 9 weeks pacitaxal and I’ve been told after that I’ll be on herceptin for 12 months every 3 weeks as I’m HER2 positive. Just wondered if anyone else has had this treatment and whether heir growth...
