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Hello all it's the first time.e I have posted on here, Was diagnosed with stage 2 HER2 Negative breast cancer 2 lumps 60mm and 30mm and 8 positive lymph node's. Had surgery before Christmas right mastectomy with reconstruction, have now started chemotherapy...
Has anyone else experienced any issues with wounds healing? I had a t herapeutic mammoplasty wide local excision and contralateral reduction and sentinel node biopsy on 7 February 2023, the cancer breast (right) has healed well however the left breast...
Morning all. Well day 1 of post operative surgery, for IDC and Sentinel lymph node removal. Reasonable nights sleep and not feeling to bad this morning. Slight reaction to isotopic dye, rash up right arm, raging headache and sickness. Otherwise all...
I have another week to wait for my biopsy results where the doctor told me last week they suspected the lump they found is cancer. I’ve had a full on range of emotions - from a constant anxiety feeling, sleeplessness, fear, and a feeling like my body...
Hi All I am new to the group, but really grateful to have found you and really looking forward to support and supporting x
Hi everybody, not sure if anyone can relate but I really don’t know what to do and I’m just walking around the house feeling so uncomfortable. I had a hemmorhoid that for for all these years hadn’t bothered me. I started EC Chemo last week and for a few...
Just starting my journey and feeling completely disoriented from my body. Diagnosed in Jan for DCIS with a mastectomy arranged and then cancelled after another biopsy indicating cancer is lymph nodes, PET scan taken today, CT Scan and MRI feeling totally...
I am 78 years old and although we have a wonderful free breast screening programme in this country for women from 50 to 71, there it STOPS. You have to request a mammogram and thank God I did! Last week I was diagnosed with Grade 3 Invasive Ductal Carcinoma...
I had DIEP surgery 5 weeks ago. I have healed quite well, and most of the pain and discomfort has gone. 5 or 6 days ago my shoulder, at the front, on the surgery side started to hurt, out of the blue. Between my collar bone and the new breast feels...
Hi guys, I was diagnosed with grade2 invasive ductal carcinoma in October 2022 (2 weeks before my 34th birthday). I have recently finished 2 weeks of radiotherapy and been put on tamoxifen for 10 years. my specialist has said I can come of the tamoxifen...
