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Hi I’ve recently been diagnosed with breast cancer on my right side with recommended treatment of mastectomy and reconstruction. I’m also getting a biopsy on my left side on Tuesday to find out if a 50mm suspicious area is also a concern. I’ve been...
Saw bone man the other day and I asked him can either of the above give you extreme bone/joint pain and is it dangerous! To which he replied “zoladronic acid can give you acute phase adverse effects like osteoarthritis of the hand, but usually in older...
Hi everyone So I went to the breast clinic on Thursday as I had a slight swelling in my arm pit. The nurse examined me and said it’s probably just fatty tissue and quite normal but as I was there would do a mammogram to make sure. After two mammograms...
Devastatingly got told I have grade 2 breast cancer last Wednesday, on my 38th birthday! MRI on Wednesday and follow up consultation on 15th. Terrified it’s spreading as I wait and can’t bare the thought of leaving my 1.5 year old daughter and husband...
Hi , I had a lumpectomy and radiotherapy 3 yrs ago, had my 3 Yr mammogram and have DCIS in situ - pre cancerous cells in same breast, different location. I also have MS and an looking at a masectomy next month, due to MS I don't want to put my body through...
Hi I was diagnosed with Breast cancer in January and had mammaplasty plus sentinel lymph node biopsy and symmetrising mastopexy surgery 12 days ago. I see the consultant on Thursday this week for the outcome of surgery/ lymph node biopsy results. Up to...
Hi I'm new here, diagnosed just over a week ago. Absolutely terrified. Can anyone give me any thoughts and tips on how to get through this. Need a pet/CT scan but I'm seriously claustrophobic. The thought of going in the machine terrifies me but know...
Seemed simple, get magseed in grade 1 lump of low PI, 9mm, no prior lumph nodes seen on US ( 4 weeks ago)prior to lumpectomy booked in a few days. My how things change! Radiographer put the mag seed in a diiferent place than my prior clip had been,...
Hi, I had my first one and the pain I had in my knee I couldn't walk good at all for nearly a week also a horrible sore came near mouth. Tired too not sure I want another one
I had 2 tumours diagnosed on my left breast Dec 2020. I had a lumpectomy. The tumours results showed 1 was ER + PR + . The other was HER2 +. I had 12 weeks of Paclitaxel, 5 sessions of intense radiotherapy + 1 yr of Herceptin. I am almost 3 years...
