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hi, I am currently having 7 cycles of chemo for inflammatory stage 3 grade 3 her2+ breast cancer. I will then have a mastectomy and ancillary node clearance, radiotherapy and more chemo. Will then be flat for about a year before reconstruction. It will...
Hi all, I feel a bit of a fraud coming on here but just wanted a bit of advice and to share what seems like a super long story. In April I went to the Doctors with bloody nipple discharge. Had an emergency mammogram, ultrasound and biopsy, marker put...
Hello you people.. I have had a diagnosis of HER2+ invasive ductal carcinoma, with some affected lymph nodes. 6 cycles of chemo followed by mastectomy, lymph removal and radiotherapy. I am waiting for chemo to start and don’t know where to turn with new...
Hi all could people help my technophob wife and share thier experiences with taking alendronic acid she is type 2 diabetic,ashmatic and suffers from severe joint pains. having read the leaflet inside the packet she can`t decide if taking it is a...
Hi my name is Christine and I'm new on here. I had surgery to remove lump and lymph glands end of June and then radiotherapy beginning of Aug. I struggled afterwards with fatigue then after 3 weeks felt back to normal so I went back to work. Ive been...
Hello all, just diagnosed 2 weeks ago with triple negative bone Mets. the internet gives me a very bleak picture of survival. I was hoping to hear from some survivors of this type of breast cancer. I am mentally and physically sick as it is all I think...
Hi everyone , thank you for letting me join your group. I was initially diagnosed in July this year with an invasive ducal carcinoma , grade 2 , ER positive , HER2negative . It was a bit of a shock , as due to Breast cancer being rife in my family , I...
Hiya i finished chemo in june my hair is growing back thick but grey !! Im starting radiotherapy next week for 3 weeks when can i go yo hairdressers to have it dyed ?
Hello, I’m new to this community, I’m 37. I was diagnosed in April with invasive breast cancer. Hormone linked. Had a mastectomy without reconstruction end of May. My tumour was 12cm (I’m only a Bcup) and I had 16 of 19 lymph’s cancerous also so all were...
Hi, I had a successful lumpectomy and reconstruction. We had hoped for no chemo (I knew I'd need radiotherapy and tablets for 5-10 years) but as cancer cells were in one lymph node the surgeon sent for Oncotype testing. The Oncotype score came back...
