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In the grand scheme of things, I know this really shouldn’t be high on my list of worries - but it is, and I’d be really grateful to hear from anyone who’s already navigated this themselves. I’m half-way through chemo to treat stage one breast cancer...
I'm Sharon and new to the group diagnosed with lobular multicentric breast cancer had a masectomy reconstruction 11th April
Hi there had lumpectomy on 1st March. Still waiting for radiotherapy. How soon after lumpectomy should it star. thanks dinner lady
Had my call from the hospital. All good. No chemo. Radio therapy for 1 week, in 6 to 12 weeks and tablets to suppress hormones ( most likely Letrozol). Margins were 2.4mm clear and only needed to be 1mm clear. No vascular (blood) supply. The tumour was...
Hi, I recently had a lumpectomy and ANC (10 days ago) and the pain seems to be getting worse not better. Particularly in my my upper arm. Am doing the exercises advised but feel reluctant due to the pain. On regular painkillers but don’t feel they help...
Does anyone keep a journal, and if you do, does it help? I feel so out of control, just waiting for the next appointment, waiting for results, waiting for my treatment plan etc. I was wondering if keeping a journal would help with the feeling of having...
I just thought it might be useful to mention supplements before radiation therapy. It hadn't been mentioned to me what to stop taking before surgery or before radiation and I discovered some of the supplements I was taking can thin the blood, so stopped...
I attended my local hospital on Thursday for breast pain ( original reason I saw my GP in Feb), which in the intervening 8 weeks had metamorphosed into a lump. Within minutes of the registrar describing my lump as "suspicious " a whole chain of events...
Hi all, I was diagnosed with DCIS a few weeks ago following a routine mammogram, I’m literally only just 40 and it was my first one as both my mother and Grandmother have both had breast cancer several times so I could start having them early. I’m gutted...
Hi, just wondering if anyone has experienced a new lump after completing their treatment? I was diagnosed last Sept, large tumour so had a masectomy in Oct and full auxiliary clearance 6/22 positive nodes. Six rounds of chemo completed in Feb then 5...
