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I have today joined a zoom call on a Look Good Feel Better workshop about hair loss and re growth. I hadn’t heard of them until the lovely cuffcake2000 told me about them as my local chemo unit doesn’t really tell us about these things! if anyone has...
Hi there, I am fairly new to this site and have found some posts really helpful. I have completed 6 rounds of chemotherapy, docetaxil, carboplatin and phesgo, I had surgery before Christmas but have now been told I need 14 cycles of Kadcyla along with...
Hi all. I'm almost 1year on from my lumpsectomy,recieved my appointments for my 1st mammgram and mri scan this morning,and I'm now a mess emotionally.i thought I was coping well with everything I have been through, Now I'm worried about the appointments...
Feeling slightly lost today a cyst in my breast actually isn't and have had a lymph node aspiration from my arm pit and a biopsy from my left breast which is much larger than my right and sore to be told by doctor although have to wait till Tuesday he...
I have TNBC and am due to have a single mastectomy in 2 weeks. I have sent for the post surgery comfort bras from George at Asda to use immediately after surgery. They have arrived today and I'm wondering whether these should fit snugly or be more of...
Hi So it’s coming up for 3 years since I had a diagnosis of breast cancer. I had 6 rounds of chemotherapy a mastectomy and a full lymph node clearance followed by radiotherapy. I worked throughout and although I have never felt so, lonely,desperate...
Hi, I had an elective mastectomy at the beginning of November and it wasn't as bad as I expected and definitely feel Imade the right decision. I experienced relatively little pain which was manageable with ibuprofen and paracetamol. Just wondered...
I had a lumpectomy on my left breast at Xmas with the DCI’s at the margin (my lymph nodes were clear). I had another operation 2 weeks ago to take another excision which has turned out to be high dcis. I am now going to be having chemo and a mastectomy...
Hi,I finished radiotherapy in Oct,I've noticed my breast feels 'leathery' and thick,is this something that will eventually fade,or here to stay.i had therapeutic mammoplasty and full lymph node clearance
Hi all, recently diagnosed with breast cancer grade 3 in lymphoma as 80+ had surgery and the cancer has been removed from the 2 lymphomas. I am otherwise healthy. The doctors are now advising these options together: tablets, Chemo or Radiation (zoledronic...
