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I was wondering if any of you lovely ladies could help me. Can anyone recommend any good sites to buy various head coverings from and what types are good to go for ( I’m in the UK). I haven’t really started to lose my hair yet after 2 cycles of EC but...
The ladt couple of days the pain has been unbearable. Driving and sleeping (not done much of that lately) is when it's not good. Not sure if its in my head or is linked to my diagnosis Been told I've got invasive lobular breasr cancer and anxiously...
Hi everyone, Just a quick question. Diagnosed on 02/02 with Invasive Ductal Carcinoma (10mm), Grade 3, ER2, PR0 HER2 still waiting. I had surgery yesterday, wide local excision and sentinal lymph node biopsy. Everything went well, I came home last...
Heya, 24 year old Female here! found a smooth oval shaped lump in my breast last month. I cant really tell how much it moves around as it isn’t sat that close to the skin. No detectable armpit lumps to the touch. It does hurt on that area on occasion...
Hi, I was diagnosed in October and initially thought I was ‘only’ going to have a mastectomy and immediate DIEP reconstruction but had a positive lymph node so currently I have had 3 of 8 doses of chemo. Will then have radiotherapy and hormone treatment...
Hello all, I've been on Letrozole for about a month and I've been having an irregular heart rhythm over the last couple of days. Chest discomfort keeps waking me up in the middle of the night and it's really scary. I'll speak with my oncologist about...
Hi, I'm new here. I was 53 when I found my lump, which was diagnosed with breast cancer in Sept 2024. I had lumpectomy + sentinel node biopsy. The results showed cancer in one node, so I had further surgery to remove all my axillary lymph nodes in Dec...
Just have 1st round of chemo plus Herceptin injection today. All went well with no problems. Face is already very red and blotchy. Anyone on this treatment found a good cream ?
I have been diagnosed with breast cancer at quite an advanced age but am very fit and well. I am waiting for a PET scan, does this mean it has spread to other parts. What is the treatment likely to be?
Hello, I was diagnosed with breast cancer last October. I was initially going to have the lumpectomy followed by radiotherapy in November. Due to previous health problems it was felt that I may have had some heart ‘event’ and I was also very unfit due...
