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Hi just had a call to say core biopsy showed some b3 cells so they want another core biopsy done ! anyone else had this happen please?? it just means more waiting and uncertainty- I could cry ! LynnS Hopeful Barb cuffcake2000
Hi…I went for my regular 3 weekly jab of Herceptin today and asked opinion of nurse there to look at a very red and bumpy area on my scalp covered by 4 month hair growth. They took picture and she got ward doctor to look at who said it was unsure but...
Hello, had a lumpectomy 25yrs ago followed by radiography. October a grade 2 aggressive form found. Under went full mastectomy in November.still feeling restricted as have some cording, but also pain in the chest wall. Was prescribed letrozole, side...
I've been diagnosed with breast cancer and I'm going to need a mastectomy and lymph node removal. I've got a ct scan booked in a couple of days to find out if it's spread. How do people manage to stay positive?
Hi had vacuum biopsy this morning - two areas of micro calcifications both approx 18mm they said. was told tests results will go to MDM next Thursday the. I will be contacted - does anyone know if all cases go to these meetings or just the bad ones...
Hi I have just finished chemotherapy and will be having a unilateral mastectomy and full node clearance in a few weeks. Due to needing radiotherapy afterwards immediate reconstruction isn't an option I'm told. However, after a lot of thought my feelings...
Hello Everyone! I'm a new member, and I'm sure there are many of you who have experienced what I am experiencing at the moment. My wife has been diagnosed with breast cancer, and been treated, for two years now. She has recently been advised that a...
My friend Chemo. She likes to throw wild parties in my body without caring about the hangover. She is my protector, my shield and my defence. She strips the bark off my trunk and peels off my branches but still allows new buds to grow. She's brutal...
Hi, had lumpectomy and 6 sentinel nodes removed this afternoon, had the clexane injection 7pm (blood thinner) and taking parecetemol and ibuprofen however have just realised I have haematoma rather than normal swelling and read ibuprofen also blood thinner...
Hi everyone, I’ve not posted before, I found a lump about a month ago and had an appt at the breast clinic on Thursday last week. I had convinced myself that it would be a cyst so was desperately unprepared for the news that it was a 2cm lump that...
