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Well, I got the detail this evening on what I'm up against. ER/PR Negative HER2 Positive. Not what my consultant expected. So, we go in hard and fast with Chemo and HER2 drugs- then it's surgery and radio therapy. Head feels a bit numb. My body is going...
Hi everyone, Ladies and gents in the other side, how have you dealt with checking boobs after treatment. I think I have found a lump but can’t stop questioning myself that I’m over thinking it ? how do we find the happy balance for this!
Hey. My mum has had a mastectomy (will need further surgery as not done well and constant build up of fluid 6+ months on) and has finished 6 rounds of chemotherapy. With each new stage of treatments the reality of it hits all over again for all of...
How am I supposed to feel? Life on pause yet again 5 surgeries (2 cancers) 1 treatment so far & further treatment to come! I’m exhausted today 3 days after 2nd opp for removal of breast cancer lump, emotional, let down by family & friends - head battered...
So I have a lumpectomy, SLNB and therapeutic mammoplasty (left breast only) booked in for 26.6.23. I went for my pre op today to be told I have a heart murmur (first I've heard of this in 46 years). I've been told I will need an urgent ECHO....but now...
Well I've just been given abemaciclib to start today . The oncology nurse wasn't very clued up on it and not very positive re side effects which has made me worry more about the potential side effects. After 10 months of treatment I'm just starting...
Hi ive recently had breast excision surgery to remove a lump and further nodules were removed. When my consultant saw me after surgery she did mention sarcoma as a possibility. I have now had a phone appointment booked in with my consultant about the...
Sarah takes us through her treatment tonight on C4 9pm.
A lot of the early staging of cancer seems to be concerned with the size of the original tumour, and whether or not there are cancer cells in the lymph nodes. Cancer cells can travel through the blood as well as the lymph system. Pathology reports from...
I’m due to start chemotherapy on 12 July. I’ve had a single mastectomy with implant reconstruction and a full axillary clearance. I was diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma stage 2 on 23 Feb 2023. After the axillary clearance I was having physio...
