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I had lumpectomy in Jan this year on my right boob and 5 day course radiotherapy in April followed by Tamoxifen and apart from expected tenderness and side effects of meds all has been going ok however in last 3/4wks I have had some tenderness under treated...
Hi, I am new on here and have been taking Tamoxifen for a year and a half. I have recently developed lower back pain and general aches and pains in my legs. I also get pins and needles in my arms and legs. Also itchy skin and headaches. I wonder if anyone...
Hello all you lovely ladies out there. I won't regale you with my 5 month trip down Breast Cancer Avenue other than to say I've got to the end of the road and just received my 'it's all over' badge!! My only worry now is that my youngest daughter...
Wondering if anyone has been offered annual MRI instead of mammograms for post menopausal dense breast tissue? Feeling very fobbed off as this MDT have refused for me despite finding a cancerous lump myself that even ultrasound classed as probably benign...
I went for my first breast screening in July then I received a letter a few weeks later to say the results were unclear. I was given a biopsy 2 weeks ago and was advised last Tuesday that I have early stage. I have been numb ever since. Does anyone feel...
Hopefully someone can help me calm my daughter's fears. She was diagnosed with breast cancer after her first ever mammogram, LCIS with invasive lobular too. She's had a lumpectomy but no clear margins. When they did the second op they came out...
Hi All I haven't posted here before but have answered several posts. Just wanted to say that there is light at the end of the tunnel so never give up even when everything looks dark. On 15th August I went through my 3rd lumpectomy in the hope to get...
Hi, I’m new here and very confused! I have a hard, fixed 3cm lump in my breast with nipple retraction. I had a contrast mammogram and ultrasound last week and biopsies taken. The doctor told me then that this was cancer but isolated and my lymph nodes...
Does anyone know how to do this? My inbox is filling up with notifications and it’s stressing me out a bit.
Hi everyone I found myself on this forum after visiting the breast clinic yesterday and having biopsies done. The Radiologist said there is an area of concern which could either be scar tissue from previous surgery to remove a fibroadenoma or it could...
