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I am having a wide local excision with sentinel lymph node biopsy on 25/5/23. I was scheduled for a day stay but today received a letter changing my surgery from afternoon list to morning but now as an overnight stay, has made me very anxious, can anyone...
Hey I’m new to the group and feeling a bit down at the moment, here’s my story- so September 2020 I had a routine mammogram and they found something. DCIS 13.5 cms of the stuff. Long and the short of it I had to have a Mastectomy and Radiotherapy, my...
Hello ive had a recent diagnosis, just last week, HER2+ Ductal stage 3. Been for ultrasound, biopsy, MRI, have another biopsy coming, but expect to start chemo around the 21st March. feeling sad/ angry/ confused most the time at the moment. It’s...
Hi all, Would really appreciate a quick advice on the above from your own experience as I am about to have my Covid booster in couple of hours? I had meant to ask my Oncologist during my phone appt yesterday, but he didn't call, so I am not sure now...
Hi all, I wondered if anyone have done something similar as above and what their results were in terms of hair loss? I've cold capped during my first 4 x fortnightly EC cycles , but have unfortunately lost probably approx 70% of my hair ( currently...
hi all dont really know where to start but ive been poorly since last october, not being able to eat feeling sick,being sick, tiredness,weight loss, was diagnoised with a few problems but months after still the same then i found a lump and was told on...
I have just discovered today that on top of my triple negative breast cancer diagnosis I am the carrier of this gene mutation. I hadn’t even really heard of it until lunch time today and now Im googling and coming up with all sorts of mind blowing information...
Hi all, I’m a 51 year old male, who has discovered a lump about a week ago, I have been to see my gp and he has ruled out a lipoma and a cyst and he’s referred me for and emergency appointment to the local breast clinic. I had a partial nephrectomy for...
Hi all so I found a lump in my breast at the weekend and had a dr appointment on Tuesday she said there was definitely a lump but couldn't say what. She left the room to do a referral and said try not to worry. Tuesday evening I logged into my NHS app...
Hi, On Friday I was diagnosed with 1 definite small cancer lump, but have another area that needs further investigation. I went back yesterday to have what I thought was one aspirational biopsy, told to arrive at 8:30 which I did, I was still sitting...
