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I am having radiotherapy at the moment and then a bone scan then I'm being put on leprosole tablets.is it right that I'm feeling awfully sick and terrible headaches and no energy ?
Good morning! I’ve just found the holistic care booklet from when I received my diagnosis. Has anyone else received no holistic care at all, like me?
I have had a lumpectomy 2 weeks ago and results today show stage 1 with no lymph node involvement but triple negative. Got it all in surgery. I'm sure the oncologist is going to want to do some chemo but my other issue is I currently have about a 25%...
I was diagnosed with grade 2 invasive ductal carcinoma 28mm, in November 22. I am PR and ER positive, still waiting on HER2 results but suspecting I haven't heard anything it is negative. I am currently on Hormone blocking medication and was due for surgery...
Hello I am currently half way through chemo and am planning a week long holiday when I finish. I plan to take a short flight with hand luggage - trying to keep cost down!! i have a left sided prosthesis and my breast care nurse told me that it is important...
with reconstruction from my own fat. I thought I’d be sleeping all the time but am unable to sleep at all (been back 36 hours) not worrying really but can’t concentrate on reading or tv . Any tips and sending love to those of you in the same leaky...
Hi all, was diagnosed with DCIS after a random mammogram and had wide excision surgery last week. I have been given appt to surgeon on 24th Jan, this is 6 weeks after my surgery. I was told I'd only have to wait 2/3 weeks to see him and find out if...
Good morning, I am looking for people's experiences from diagnosis to treatment. I was diagnosed with Tnbc on 8th Dec 23, on the day of diagnosis I was advised my plan would be chemo, lumpectomy and then radiotherapy. Since diagnosis I have had...
Hi, I was diagnosed with triple negative bc with another site of DCIS in August, it’s also affected several lymph nodes. I’ve been having chemo since September and I’m booked in for a mastectomy in February. I can’t have reconstruction straight away...
Happy New Year Everyone In July 2010 I was diagnosed with breast cancer. Had lumpectomy, chemo, radium and letrazole until March 2016. Then in 2020, almost to the week, I had it again in my other breast. Again lumpectomy, no chemo, but radium and...
