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I finished my chemo just over two weeks ago but feel so down, I think I thought I’m done, now to start feeling better but feel so awful all the time I look in the mirror and don’t recognise myself I check every day to see if my hair is growing I just...
I want to thank those of you who replied to my first mail yesterday. The wait after you get the assessment call back letter is horrendous. I waited for a week and went to the assessment alone thinking maybe it was ok. It would have been much better with...
This time last week I was recovering from lengthy surgery- left breast mastectomy DIEP reconstruction. A lot can happen in a week. Today I Had the last drain removed. During the process you’ll have different ways in coping. Before surgery kept busy working...
Can the lymph node biopsy be done prior to mastectomy & reconstruction or is it always done at the same time? Thank you, Kx
Hi everyone I had a mastectomy in September and all good there. I'm on my second of 8 cycle of chemo and not coping well. Was really sick first time and yesterday had an extravastion, the oncologist wants me to have a picc line installed and the thought...
Hello everyone, I had a lumpectomy and sentinel node biopsy two weeks ago on my right breast. Initially they had found an 8mm DCIS and 14mm IDC. Yesterday I saw the breast surgeon for my results, he said that I had five lymph nodes removed and the result...
Hi all. I had a right mastectomy August and just finished my chemo with Radiotherapy due in January. I shaved my hair after my 2nd cycle as it was falling out but it seemed to be playing me for a fool as it then stopped it was better to do it though as...
Hi - a sleepless night and seeking out folks who’ve had this happen! I was diagnosed aged 45, 7 years ago, have annual mammograms as high risk family history too (Grandmother Mother Sister) In the summer, at my mammogram, I felt a tiny lump, which was...
Hi I was diagnosed in September and had a lumpectomy at the start of November. Last week I was recommended chemotherapy based on my Oncotype score (27, aged 40) and have been given the choice of either TC or EC. The oncologist only mentioned EC when...
Hello today I was diagnosed with breast cancer. I was called back for reassessment after routine mammogram.
