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where to start.....? just had my 2nd 'round' of chemo today. Sat in the treatment room for approx 5 hours. A cannula in one arm, a cold cap on my head (uncomfortable - but my 'choice'), not particularly engaging nurses, and I just wanted to run out...
Hi All I’ve suddenly developed breast pain in my left breast, where the original cancer was, over the past week or so, I can’t feel a lump but then I didn’t feel my original lump. There’s no bruising either and I haven’t banged it. Could it still...
Recently I was having a conversation re needing to have my ‘wide excision’ surgery repeated as ‘the margins were not clear enough’. This was devastating news to receive only 2 weeks after surgery and then having to go through surgery again 30 days after...
Hello everyone, I just wanted to post about my experience of Letrozole and Ribociclib, as I have met quite a number of women in the last six months who have been offered these drugs, but due to reading about the possible side effects, have declined...
Hi to all recently diagnosed with stage 2 hormonal breast cancer and I have surgery booked for 19th June. i am more annoyed than anything, this diagnosis, i feel, is a real inconvenience. I havent been upset yet, just annoyed. is this a natural...
Hi I’m about to start Kadcyla and have been told there are few side effects and it’s nothing like usual chemo (which I had earlier this year). Just wondering what other people’s experience has been like? I’m hoping very few side effects as I will...
Hi. I’m Mary. I’m 48 and have just been diagnosed with grade 1 invasive ductal cancer. I’m awaiting an MRI as they can’t get enough info from the mammogram re any spread. My question is, is it normal to feel numb about it. It feels like it’s not me that...
Hi Ladies, Sending a virtual hug, So I am currently awaiting my results from my biopsy There's alot of course playing on my mind right now, but one thing that is really concerning me is my natural weight. I have a BMI of 17.2 I have alway's since...
Hi I’ve just been told I’ve got a growth on my spine I had a lumpectomy 4 weeks ago has this happened to anyone else? paula
Hi im 32 I had breast cancer at 29 had surgery chemotherapy and radiation i beat it ive just been diagnosed breast cancer again awaiting scan results to see if its spread im scared I cant sleep i cry alone im exhausted acting ok
