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Hey everyone. I got my picc line wet a couple of weeks ago so the skin around the picc line is still red and itchy. I got it wet again yesterday and noticed the entry site is slightly raised and sore. A tiny amount of yellow discharge has come out. I...
Hi All! I'm 33 and got my initial appointment at breast clinic in 2nd and I am shitting it! One minute I'm fine and like stop worrying it will be nothing to breaking down the next! And it feels so far away! Went for a blister type thing on right...
Thank you to all of you, I think I am stressing more than I should. I have cleaned the house and filled the fridge and freezer with homemade dishes made today. I finish work on Monday and go to hospital at 7am on Tuesday morning. thanks for all the advice...
Hi Everyone, I just finished all my treatments for TNBC. Chemo for 5 months, surgery in January 2024, 21 rads treatments and now on Xeloda for 8 cycles. I had Stage 2A TNBC node negative and it responded very well to treatment. I just had my 6 month...
Hi everyone. I could be completely be overthinking here, but I'm confused by some conversation threads where some people appear to know the grade of their cancer prior to surgery. I was diagnosed on 18th April and was told I have invasive breast cancer...
Is there any way I can weight my softie/comfy prosthesis as in some of my bras that m finding it rides up a bit making me look very lopsided.
Hey all..has anyone had a port fitted before chemo...I'm the world's biggest wuss and just wondered if its very painful.. I've had double mastectomy..with implants reconstruction..bilateral sentinel node removal..4 drains removed and bloods taken from...
Hi sending good healing wishes to you all. I have almost completed my cancer treatments. lumpectomy for grade 3 her 2 positive & removal of 2 lymph nodes which were clear, thank goodness. 12 rounds of chemotherapy, 5 lots of radiotherapy, 8 out of the...
After lumpectomy last year, 3 lymph nodes removed, 15 sessions of radiotherapy and letrozole with terrible side effects, I was finally in recovery and getting my life back together. I then had my annual mammogram and there is calcification in my other...
Hello i hope it’s okay to post before I’ve even been for my breast clinic appointment? about 2 weeks ago I was referred to the breast clinic (2 WW) My doctor thought I might have a cyst but referred me - just in case. I’d found quite a big lump...
