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Hi, just wandering how long people generally wait for surgery after receiving diagnosis and plan to operate? Looking at comment's on here, some people seem to get a date for surgery within 28 days after diagnosis and surgeon has agreed to operate. Just...
Hi Everyone, I'm new here and receive to find others I can chat to about all of this, so thank you in advance. I'm trying to stay positive until I get my breast clinic appointment to investigate a lump in my breast. Im still in shock from my GP appointment...
Hi. I had a double mastectomy and full node clearance on one side (one side was cancerous, with a large tumour the other side was an elective mastectomy), I had chemo first. They found cancer in 22 out of 25 nodes and rushed me in for a CT scan the next...
I had 4 x EC and 11 weekly Taxol which finished 6 weeks ago. The last weekly taxol was cancelled because I started to get some strange sensations in my legs. Since finishing chemo and having surgery, the sensations in my legs have got worse. It's like...
Hi I had to have a second biopsy after already having one and confirming of cancer they found another lesion in my mri so had to have another … am I really setting myself up for a fall expecting the results to be done in a week? I had biopsy last Thursday...
I am now almost 6 weeks post double mastectomy. I’m finding my scar quite tight and am wondering has anyone any recommendations for cream to help loosen it up? I am looking forward to starting to exercise etc again and I’ll need the scar to be a little...
Hi I’m grade 2 ER/PR+ HER- post op. My lymph nodes were clear and I’m healing well which I’m really grateful for. I’m waiting for the results of a CT scan to decide next course of treatment. At my post op checkup it was recommended I have radiotherapy...
Hi all, Been on Letrozole for 2 months now, brand Cipla, although my new prescription seems to be Sun. Feel zombie-ish, very anxious, but not too much joint pain, I have OA in both knees very badly, so I guess I am used to a certain amount of pain anyway...
HIya, Feeling anxious was diagnosed 30th August with breast cancer and since then it's been a lot of scans, mammograms, mammotomes and biopsies.... Tomorrow I get a definitive prognosis and treatment plan. Have been trying not to overthink things...
Hello, My mum has had a double mastectomy (August 2022). Beforehand, in June/July 2021 she had radiotherapy. Her right breast wound has come open due to a seroma. She says that this is not so painful (she's seeing a tissue viability specialist on Thursday...
