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Hello I have developed cellulitis 2 weeks after my second lumpectomy. Have to say feel really unwell. Yesterday I had a temp of 39.7 plus shivers and uncontrollable shaking.it all happened really quickly. My fabulous GP put me on double strength antibiotics...
Hello everyone, I have just joined this forum in search of comfort, even though I am not a native speaker, and I am using a translator to express myself as best as I can. I had surgery this summer with a radical mastectomy and immediate reconstruction...
Hey I’m starting chemotherapy on the 24th and I’m just wondering is anyone else had Ec first too and how they coped ect… I am terrified with the unknown and cant stop freaking out. Also what’s best to do while taking chemo and what’s best to avoid. T...
Hi , I have been diagnosed with breast cancer and I have a date for a single masectomy and reconstruction surgery 23rd Nov, I have a holiday booked 28th Dec ( booked before diagnosis) to go to Spain which is 5 weeks after surgery. I know everyone is different...
Hi , since having surgery last friday I have not been able to poop. I dont feel constipated just not been, have had lots water , cooked up apples drank the juice ate the squashy bits, brown sugar water., things that normally work for me , What I cant...
Hi , anyone else had bad back pain and hip with this drug was on 100g first 9 cycles now on 50g. Also been taking Anastrozole since sept 21 just been took off that oncologist thinking joint pain from that but still have it ,been put on something different...
Hello! I'm new and this is my first post so if I've committed a serious forum faux pas of any kind, please accept my apologies. I've googled until my fingertips have turned blue and not found an answer so I'm hoping someone can help. I'm having...
Hi everyone, I have just been diagnosed with non specific estrogen positive, her2 positive grade 3 breast cancer. I’m not really sure what that all means but have been told the her2+ means it gives more treatment options. It presented as a fibroadenoma...
Hi All, I am wondering who has had a mammogram that has come back clear but found out via CT scan that a lump has been detected. I have had a CT scan with contrast for another issue which has detected a nodule . However a week later on a routine breast...
I’m angry, upset and frustrated that my surgery has been delayed a third time! I was due next Tuesday but now pushed back by another week due to surgeon not being well. As I was pondering between having a mastectomy or a lumpectomy, I was matter of factly...
