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Hi. Diagnosed in Jan. Have had surgery, chemo, and finished radiotherapy in October. I found out today from the once that I should have started hormone therapy in August with the radiotherapy, but that she was waiting for me to tell her which kind of...
So it’s been 5 months since Ifinished radiotherapy I’ve had some ups and downs, infection now they tell me it’s just the after affects of the radiotherapy. I have very tender red breast, still hot and hard in some places, has anyone else had the same...
Hi, I've just recently recieved a breast cancer diagnosis, just waiting on an MRI and Her2 results.
Hi I’ve just had a lumpectomy and full axilla node clearance for triple negative breast cancer a couple of weeks ago and I had my check up appointment with the surgeon last week. He said there was no tumour there when he did the surgery and out of the...
I might be telling you all about something that is widely known, but I saw an interesting article on my newsfeed. It's a company in Cornwall that have developed a super comfortable prosthesis https://wewearboost.com/
I had a lumpectomy in August and was warned my breasts could become different sizes and after the first one I could barely see a difference. However, after the 2nd one (they didn’t get enough good tissue 1st time round) there’s a significant size difference...
I had a single mastectomy in September for HER2 positive breast cancer. Follow up appointment confirmed all cancer removed but due to type I've got yo have chemotherapy and radiotherapy. I see my oncologist on Monday to discuss treatment. Has anyone had...
Hi all A quick introduction Was diagnosed last week and one of the worst things so far has been telling family and friends. I'm very up and down and angry. I'm hoping this settles because it's a nightmare for my husband. We emigrated to Spain 2...
Morning all, I’m going to hospital tomorrow to have a wire inserted in my breast ready for my wide local excision operation on Thursday. I am really nervous, I’ve had general anaesthetic before, but this just feels so different. I have DCIS and IDC...
Hi you lovely people Tuesday I met my Oncologist who gave me the news that my Onco score had arrived. The score is high enough to warrant me requiring some Chemo - this was not what I wanted to hear (I have an absolute fear of Chemo) and currently feel...
