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I'm due to finish my chemo soon and like a lot of others I feel I might like to give the nursing staff on the unit a little gift. They get a lot of cakes & chocolates so I'm trying to think of something different. I'd thought about a fruit basket...
Hey all I had a repeat biopsy Monday on the lymphe nodes and it’s really sore was hoping to go gym again today but it’s way too uncomfortable so that’s getting me down as gym is my happy go to place. sorry to moan just lately struggling ( I have...
Morning guys, has anyone got a bit of advice on the stiffness caused by Letrozole. I'm in agony with the joints in my fingers, they hurt so much, especially through the night (I presume because I'm not moving them much) I tend to wake up between 2-3...
Hi All i have just finished my chemo 3 weeks ago, last 3 sessions being Docitaxal my legs are very achy and weak just using stairs or waking up hill really hurts and I have to stop. I consider myself fit or at least I was before my treatment, I...
Hi, I was diagnosed with invasive ductal cancer stage 1; ER+ PR+, Her2 negative, last week. I’m having my op for lumpectomy next week and had injection of dye for lymph node removal and biopsy. Today a mag seed inserted. Later radiotherapy and hormone...
Hi. New here. Yesterday I got the confirmation it is breast cancer (everything pointed towards that but I needed the biopsy results for the official diagnosis which I got yesterday). Stage 2/3 estrogen positive. Hep negative. I'm going to be put into...
Does anyone have any experience of fat grafting to even up breasts after a LICAP flap operation? My consultant is keen, I feel I need to know more about it on a real-life level. Anyone know how the areas where the fat has been removed will look afterwards...
Hello, I was diagnosed with BC last October and am due my first mammogram tomorrow. I am very nervous, mainly because my breast is very tender and painful. Also does anyone know if you get the results straight away or do you have to wait for a couple...
I have been with breast cancer about a year ago, and have undergone lumpectomy on the left side, and they found two positive lymph nodes. I did axillary dissection then, with one lymph nodes having micro metastasis. I have undergone radio therapy and...
Hi I have had 2 cycles of EC in the last month and due another next week, I have cold capped for both of those sessions, i had very long nearly waist length hair but decided to chop to a short bob befo I started. It is coming out in handfuls now, I...
