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While having chemo. I developed skin problems with my hands and feet. Severe peeling and bleeding soles. I'm still having these problems even though chemo stopped a year ago. My doctor has given me creams etc. Helps for a while. But then. Back again it...
I need an MRI led biopsy on a second lump as they can't locate it on ultra sound and it's a 6 week wait on the nhs which my surgeon is not happy to wait for. He wants to do a mastectomy but if the second lump is not cancerous I only need a lumpectomy...
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Hi I am getting 2 weekly cycles of EC and Paclitaxel, and have just had my first round of Paclitaxel . A friend suggested compression stockings to help circulation and prevent lymphoedema . She wore these all the time during chemotherapy, except at...
Hi all, I got the results of my surgery (mastectomy with DIEP reconstruction) yesterday and I was told the cancerous tumour which initially was thought to be about 15mm was almost 5cm and some of the margins were not clear. This hit me even harder than...
Morning I was just wondering if anybody on here had experience of having a tumour removed from pectoral muscle? I had surgery 10days ago to remove a tumour, I wasn’t even aware that i had a tumour until a lymph nord under my armpit became hard not painful...
Hi Been reading through some of the posts on here and you all seem lovely. Little bit about my journey so far Had a lump under my armpit for a few months i thought nothing of it as didn’t hurt wasn’t getting any bigger. I told my friend about it and...
Any ideas?! I weighed around 9 stone/57 kg prior to chemo in April 2022. Weight dropped drastically by nearly 2 stone as I was off my food during chemo. Since being told I’m ‘technically clear’ of cancer in Nov last yr, I now find my weight is rapidly...
Hi, I am 9 weeks out of radiotherapy after a bilateral mammoplasty and lumpectomy. Physically I'm fine apart from some normal aches and pains. However, my intimacy feelings have completely disappeared. I feel my scars are ugly and all I want to do is...
I had a mastectomy on Monday so have been in hospital for 5 days. On Tuesday my nurse brought in a carrier bag and said there are some gifts in there for you fro HER Breast Friends (Hull & East Riding Breast friends) they are a charity who make goodie...
