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Hello - hope everyone is well! I am scheduled to have a mastectomy with immediate reconstruction next week which was settled in my head to undertake, as part of the final stages of my treatment. I have been told I have stage 1 pre-invasive breast...
Remember at school when you didn't know how to get to the answer to a question and you used to say to the teacher 'I'm stuck'? That's me. I'm 51 and had my first routine mammogram in June. To cut a long story short they found 9mm intermediate grade...
I know this has been asked lots of times before and I thought I had taken note of the answer but clearly not!! So I wondered if I could bother you again for the better brands of letrozole plesae. Femara is pricey, so wondering about other ones that have...
Evening all. With the Christmas sesson nearly upon us I'm wanting to have a few bevvies at the works Christmas party bit Im a little nervous as Im taking 300mg of Olaparib twice a day and don't know if having alcohol with have any unpleasant affects...
I know I’ve found this subject (before I started on zoladronic acid) but can’t find it now! Just want to know how people have fared having this 6 monthly to help bones….
Hi , I'm in for lumpectomy at 7am, so nervous never had genral anesthetic before, in fact never had surgery ,don't think I'm gonna get any sleep , bad enough going for test/results etc, I lie awake overthinking but usually manage an hour or two , but...
I lost my hair after chemo in 2019 and it is not growing back very fast it is very flimsy at the back and not growing much on top at all has anyone else had this problem or any advise Thank you Lucky 3
I had a mastectomy in March everything is healing OK but I just hate myself now and have no confidence. I am really struggling to get a prostheses to fit my body shape as I just can't go out without one.
Hi, never posted anything before, hope I'm doing it right. Had lumpectomy 3 years ago followed by radiotherapy. Found another lump 2 months ago which turned out to be scar tissue. Had my annual mammogram two weeks ago and haven't had results yet. Feel...
