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Hi, After having chemo, surgery then radiotherapy for invasive ductal breast cancer I am now having Letrozole daily and Phesgo and Zometa every 3 and 12 weeks. I have been left with neuropathy to my feet, hands, legs and mouth which is gradually getting...
Hi having gone to a single mastectomy I am struggling to look at my new body. I don’t regret decision and have wonderful support. But can’t seem to look at what is not there anymore I wonder if this has happened to anyone else? What do I do?
Hi I was recently diagnosed with secondary breast cancer in the liver after 15 years from initial diagnosis of grade 1 invasive ductal carcinoma with one lymph node involved, I had a mastectomy followed by chemo and then tamoxifen for 5 years. Recent...
I'm from Nairobi Kenya.Diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer last year.Underwent myectomy in December 2025 and have started Chemotherapy. Looking for a support group to assist me go through this especiallyhow to cope with the side effects, emotional...
Good morning lovely people. I am new to the community, having read some wonderful helpful supportive suggestions over the past few months. I now have a bit of a dilemma. I had breast cancer, so had a left breast mastectomy, plus 23 cancerous lymph...
Does anyone know how long it takes to put a picc line in, I’m petrified of needles so this is the only way to go
Hi I was diagnosed with Lobular bc in December 24 and was told I’d needed a mastectomy due to size of mass. Whilst I was trying to decide whether to have reconstructive or not my CT scan showed lesion on spine so surgery was now not an option and I began...
Hi all. I'm pretty new to this. Just asking for reassurance. I found a lump in my left breast a month ago. Went to the GP who referred me to the breast clinic. Had my appointment yesterday. After 2 mammograms and 2 ultrasounds they did a biopsy. Before...
Hi all, I wondered if anyone had any experience of this and can share what happened. I was diagnosed with IDC stage 2b ER positive (weakly, but still positive) HER2- in December. 30x20mm lump with two lymph nodes involved, grade 3. Due to the weakly...
Well, I've made it! I had my op on 4th March 2026. It was quite scary because there were a lot of us in the waiting area at 7 am. I had to go to ultrasound for metal mark wires to be put in because the type of one of the two cancers I have wasn't showing...
