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I just had this message from my mum. Has anyone else experienced this? ”When the pains in my groins n back start pulsating and contracting with immense pain on the exact day after chemo for the third time in a row, but the oncologist can't tell me why...
Mammograms miss lobular cancers and tumours in dense (normal) breasts: Julia Bradbury on 5 News at 5 on 17 Jan: https://youtu.be/5DkPsEnsCGI?feature=shared Daily Mail ‘Good Health’ on 9 Jan: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-12942157...
Has anybody had mastectomy with reconstruction..I had double mastectomy with reconstruction and was wondering how people were getting on with them...Will my chest ever get back to some sort of normality..my scars are healing nicely but I have a lot of...
Since diagnosis at the end of 2023 (literally just before Christmas) I’ve had a mastectomy and am currently half way through chemo with radiotherapy and further treatment to come. I’ve been ofF work and stopped volunteering since the end of January. In...
Hi there, im after some advice please . I started Tamoxifen about 2 weeks ago since then my usual shower gel has been causing irritation. Does anyone have any recommendations for non scented shower gel please? I was also wondering i havent get received...
Hello I was diagnosed with breast cancer last year, and deemed cancer free this year after surgery. I'm on preventative Tamoxifen now which may be relevant to my emotions. I don't know what triggered it but my mental health has gone back a bit. For...
Hi after my biopsy came back as inconclusive I am now booked in for a op to have 2cm removed for testing. The consultant said the area of concern is approx 5cm. Why would they not take the whole affected area out while they are operating rather than have...
Hello! I had a mastectomy in November, I finished chemo at the beginning of May and I will finish radiotherapy at the end of June. Does anyone know the guidance on flying? When can I go on holiday and is there a maximum length of flying recommended...
Hi lovely people I'm new here and would like to introduce myself. I am 38 years old and got diagnosed in March.It was a hormonal type just under 3 cm. Had a lumpectomy done in April which was unsuccessful as the lateral margins didn't come out clear...
Good morning ladies, I finished stage 3 treatment less than a year ago. I changed my job to an easier one. I have just been diagnosed with numerous mets now and was just wondering if people are still managing to work, I am feeling really unwell and just...
