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Lumpectomy and sentinel node biopsy is finally over. I have worried about how I’d be afterwards since the day the surgery was booked. Before theatre I had the good fortune of chatting to some lovely ladies, one in particular had had the process done 3...
Hi I had a mastectomy and tram flap reconstruction on my right side in January. They also had to remove the nipple, my stomach healed up pretty quickly but it took a while for my breast to heal. It was very firm at the start, like carrying round a brick...
Hi I just wanted to ask please, is a cycle normally 3 weeks on and 1 week off, if you are having weekly chemotherapy and 3 weekly immunotherapy and carboplatin.I have TNBC,so currently finished my second round cycle 1.I assumed that it would be every...
Hi everyone, I had a lumpectomy in January followed by 5 days radiotherapy beginning of March. Since April I have awful pain to the right under my treated breast. I’m taking cocodamol 30/500 which eases the pain but doesn’t get rid of it. Have also taken...
I've been on Tamoxifen for 18 months following my lumpectomy and radiotherapy. Because my cancer was hormone fed, I had to get my coil removed immediately and I'm now unable to take HRT. I've no idea if I am through the menopause or not! I'm 50 and...
Hi all, It feels odd expressing how I’m feeling on here. I was diagnosed with Stage 2 BC, Her2 + back in November 2023. I was breastfeeding my 16 month old son and it hadn’t been long since I’d been back from maternity leave. I was told to stop breastfeeding...
Hi everyone, I just joined today I found out I have breast cancer and I’m going for my lumpectomy next week then radiotherapy and hormone therapy. I’m really trying to stay positive and keep thinking that things could be so much worse, I’ve been reading...
Hi everyone,
New here today…I’m 3 weeks post lumpectomy with mammoplasty.. grade 3, invasive ductal carcinoma. iv got to have surgery again due to precancerous cells in the margins and told I’m high risk for chemo therefore my biopsy has been sent to America for a...
Just been to doctors about more lumps in my breast but she said because I’ve had previous ones checked just a few months ago then she’s no sure why I’m bothering!!!! She did examine me and confirmed that there are 2 more lumps in the same breast but a...
