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Hi everyone I was diagnosed in July and had therapeutic mammoplasty 3 weeks ago. I had to wait so long for surgery. I have now been told that the margins from the excision are not clear and the node biopsy was positive. I now have to have a mastectomy...
Hi, I am a 47 year old mother to two teenage boys. On the 10 August 2022 I was diagnosed with stage 2 invasive ductal carcinoma. On 16 September I undertook a full mastectomy on my left breast and reconstruction. Am recovering well but wanted...
Hi, new to all this and absolutely terrified. I got called back after a routine mammogram for it to come back abnormal. Silently praying it was nothing I went for a Diagnostic Mammogram to be told t re was a suspicious mass in my left breast.. I then...
Hi all I've not been on here in a while. I'm back at work (and life) full-time. Been keeping an eye on things via email notifications. Just got back from a lovely week away in Cornwall to find a letter telling me I have an appointment on Wednesday...
Hi I'm new to this site I just wanted to be with people who knew how I was feeling after being diagnosed with breast cancer I have had the operation to take the cancer out and I was lucky it hadn't gone in the lymph nodes I start radiotherapy next week...
Hi all, I thought I would share this as it might help some of you (apologies if it is posted elsewhere already!): I had lumpectomy and 2 nodes removed from my left breast last October, had 10 fractions of radiotherapy (5 full and 5 boost as the lump...
my wife has had a mastectomy just over 3 weeks ago now,it hasnt spread to any lymph nodes,we are going next week to discuss any treatments needed she is take letrozole tablets,she doesnt want chemo,is this totaly the only option she has,can radiotherapy...
Hello please could somebody help me i have already been diagnosed with bi lateral breast cancer and just this morning I was told over the phone that I have another different cancer in my left breast different grade. I’m going out of my mind - 6 weeks...
Hi all, .I have been diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma at the end of June 22 and had a mastectomy on the 6th of September. At the same time they had removed the sentinel limp node for biopsy. Unfortunately that show cancer cells and i had...
Hi - NEED SOME ADVICE DIAGNOSIS - ILC - TUMOUR 75mm - 3 positive nodes and 4th node had changes, cancer was ER+ HERS2 - recently had a SMX with clear margins, DIEP and node clearance - still recovering but going as well as can be expected. Post...
