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Hi, pleased to meet you all just wish this was about something else! Started with low grade liver pain which spread to back & was alarmingly painful in October. Long story of GP visit (to see nurse who thought gallstones), 10 days before could get appointment...
My mum is in her eighties and before Xmas was diagnosed with Oestrogen negative, HER2+ breast cancer. I am supporting/caring for her; magtrace tomorrow for op next week. Feel shellshocked. So much information to take in and relay. We were handed a one...
Hello all, I was diagnosed with BC in October, DCIS & IDC in my right breast. I had a lumpectomy & sentinel lymph node removal December 1st. I revisited my breast surgeon on the 14th December for results. He told me the lymph nodes were clear, I was...
Hello everyone. Can anyone tell me where I can get another mastectomy pillow. I had one given to me while I was in hospital after my mastectomy in 2006. I feel blessed to have recovered from BC as I am now nearly 15 years post Breast Cancer and...
Looking for feedback on how long after effects can last. My last RT was 27th April and my breast is still tender, hot, and nipple is super sensitive. I'm also 4 months into Tamoxifen and suffering night and day sweats, causing broken sleep. I have an...
Newly diagnosed with breast cancer for second time , last time 2008 . Not as straight forward this time as it’s attached itself to my pectoral muscle so I’m now on Letrozole to try and shrink it before surgery. had a CT scan to check it hasn’t spread...
Hi everyone, I was diagnosed yesterday with high grade dcis. I’ve to go for a second biopsy tomorrow and then form a treatment plan. Has anyone had the choice of mastectomy versus lumpectomy? I’m leaning towards mastectomy. I’m only 37 and I don’t want...
I knew on 9th November after being at the Breast Clinic I probably had a problem and this was confirmed on November 22nd diagnosed with Grade 2 Lobular Breast Cancer which has spread to multiple lymph nodes - to quote my surgeon. Since then I have had...
Hi, sorry to be a drama queen but I'm newly diagnosed (16th Dec) with a very small (2.5cm) lobular cancer in my left breast. Doesn't show on mammograms, but showed on ultra sound. After the initial shock, I was fairly calm and; with potential lumpectomy...
I’m a year on from my operation, but only six months from the end of chemotherapy and radiotherapy. My hair started to grow back, different colour, different thickness, different style. It’s not me I look in the mirror and I don’t see me. I have Lymphoedema...
