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Hi, I have a question…. It’s been almost 3 weeks since my mastectomy and where my breast was all I can describe it as is that it looks like a water bed, by that I mean fluid moving around. Is this normal? I just don’t know what’s “normal” am I best ringing...
Hi All Well I had my consultant check following lumpectomy and sentinel lymph node surgery in September. My consultant was pleased with the operation and said they'd got all the mass with good margins He recommended 1 week of radiotherapy and 5 years...
Hi ladies, I hope you are all doing well and have had a problem free week. Due to side effects, my chemo cycle is being reduced, meaning I only have 2 infusions left and then just continuing on with Herceptin every 3 weeks until July. I've lost about...
Hi! I was diagnosed with grade 1 breast cancer at the end of July. At the beginning of October I had my lumpectomy and sentinel nose biopsy. Just over 4 weeks have now passed and I haven't heard anything from the hospital, even after having rang them...
Hi All I’m just wondering if many have had the Oncotype test done and if so, was this private or NHS. Also was it offered to you or did you request? I’m waiting for oncologist appointment and called BCN to ask if I was able to have the test done, however...
Hello all, I was only here a week or so ago worrying about results and here we are, what I thought would happen, happened. And now I'm worried about the diagnosis. I'm 33 yo and have just been diagnosed with grade 3 triple negative breast cancer...
Hey, I wanted to start a thread about the experiences of being a single mum with a breast cancer diagnosis and treatment. When I was first diagnosed in mid-September my biggest fear was how I navigate all this as a single mum. From telling my kids on...
I have been on multiple brands of tamoxifen since March 2017. mainly Wockhardt and Mylan with some others, recently, Tilomed THe brands I could cope best with were Wockhardt and Mylan but Tilomed is a problem for me. so I asked my pharmacist to change...
I was diagnosed 2 days ago and I’m surprised that I was so shocked because my mum died with breast cancer and I’m a retired nurse with some experience of breast examination. But I was convinced that the lump I found 1 week ago was a cyst ( I had a cyst...
Hello i have had 18 infusions of Herceptin and the second to last one has impaired my heart and am now on a pull called Ramipril . The side effect is a nasty cough and I am very itchy. Has anyone else experienced this ? thsnkspink Betty
