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So 13 days ago I had two sites biopsied - a mass in my breast and an enlarged lymph node next too the mass. Last week I asked the breast nurse several questions. One being if my results are negative will I receive these on the phone and if they are...
Hi there! I am 30 years old and have just been diagnosed with HER2 positive breast cancer. I don't know what stage I am yet, still waiting for a scan (said every cancer patient always ) I am also doing an ovarian stimulation to get some eggs frozen before...
Hello. I received my breast cancer diagnosis on Wednesday and struggling to come to terms with it. Am in a deep state of shock compounded by the anxiety of having scans this coming week to see if the cancer has spread (I have 3 positive tumours in my...
Hi Any ladies who can give me some positives about Tamoxifen. My consultant has prescribed it as my cancer is oestrogen positive. I picked it up from the pharmacy a week ago but feel too scared to take it. I saw my consultant today regarding an abscess...
Hi everyone, totally beside myself. Have had a terrible experience of care so far , having had to wait 4 months from diagnosis to treatment in 2021. The cancer was found to be very aggressive post surgery and 2 wide lateral excisions were required....
Hi, I am feeling really anxious after speaking to my surgeon that after my double mastectomy and reconstruction in a few weeks that I will receive 1 night hospital stay and pain to be managed with paracetomol. Also that I need to manage my own drains...
I was diagnosed from a mammogram 23 May. After MRI I have to wait until 20 July to talk to consultant to discuss what operation. Is this wait normal? I am so stressed about it growing and need to organise work . What time wait can I expect until operation...
Hiya everyone! Hope everyone’s keeping well and going strong!! I have a question about hair regrowth. I’m still going through chemo but my hair slowly but surely started growing back a little while ago. What I have noticed is it is coming back a lot...
Here I am yet again, at stupid o’clock in the morning feeling exhausted but unable to sleep throughout the night. I drop off to sleep ok but waking each night between 2.30 and 3.30am since my diagnosis of BC just over 2 weeks ago. I’ve tried Nytol and...
I found a lump back in May and was referred to the breast clinic where I had a mammogram, ultrasound and biopsy. Was then taken to private room and told it’s breast cancer! Not sure how they knew when I hadn’t had the biopsy results yet? After 10 days...
