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Hi. I’ve been taking Anastrozole for just over a year. Has anyone found that they have different levels of anxiety with different brands? I have started a new brand recently and have noticed that my anxiety levels have increased lately and that I am more...
Can someone recommend what I should wear in to hospital for a mastectomy? Any features and/or any brands (preferable high street) Thank you
I have hormone positive hrr2 negative breast cancer. I have tried 3x to give up HRT . 2x cold turkey and once reducing my dosage by 25% . After about 20 days, I'm completely demented . No one seems to talk about this. People only seem to talk about the...
I recently had a cancer diagnosis. I will need a lumpectomy, radiotherapy and then hormone treatment. I got my results a couple of weeks ago. The consultant was unable to give me a date for the surgery, which I will need first, due to the strikes. I just...
Well its now 18 days since I received my biopsy results and still 6 more days to wait until we get to see Dr for consultation and hopefully the plan to rid me of my alien. It all seems to be taking so long, especially since I was told it was cancer...
Hello can I ask if anyone has had this drug for treatment after surgery? I have HER2 positive breast cancer. I had my Breast cancer surgery on 7th July and got my results 26th July. There was clear margins, but a small clump of cancer cells were in...
I’m due to have an annual check up with blood tests for tumor markers. I’m feeling nervous. I had a stage 1 hormone receptive breast cancer that was stage 0 for spreading as far as they could tell. As it was a grade 3 tumour I had chemotherapy and radiotherapy...
Hello all, I’ve been diagnosed with stage 1, grade 2, 4cm invasive ductal carcinoma in situ. Currently it’s localised. They are suggesting 6 months chemo and Herceptin then mastectomy and reconstruction. My thought is I just want the cancer gone first...
Hi I went to the GP in September when I noticed a lump in my right breast. They referred me to do the 2 weeks scan. I wasn’t worried at all as there was no family history of breast cancer. I went to do the scan with my 7 years old daughter because...
Hi, I'm Alex. My mum has secondary breast cancer which drs don't think will ever be gotten rid of, but is receiving palliative chemotherapy. It's slow moving but has spread a lot. She broke her femur after a very slight fall a few months ago, and from...
