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Hi My name is LisaB and I found a lump on 10th August..Mammogram is booked in for 8th September I just wondered ifvtherecwas anyone else in the same position as me and how are you feeling? X
Hi. I was just wondering if anyone had a surgery appointment and sentinel node probe localisation appointment on same day. As I have surgery on Friday at 8am and my appointment for node probe localisation 9.10am on Friday too. Can anyone tell me if...
Hi, about to start chemo and will lose my hair. I want to go for a wig rather than a scarf as my daughter is getting married in November. Would love some recommendations. Thanks
Hi all. I had a lumpsectomy with lymph nodes removed 8th of March,have finished radiotherapy,now on tamoxifen for 10 yrs,I'm two mnths in taking them. As any one else noticed a small lump under the armpit,is it normal,am a little scared but thinking...
Just want it over with. Thought I was ok with the surgery part of all this but I've found that I'm not. I've kept saying now the chemo is over.....surgery is the easy part after that..... but dont feel that way now. Feels a bit like the beginning again...
Hi Everyone I am a 42 year old and was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer 3 months ago - I have had 2 surgeries to try to remove the tutor (Lumpectomy and Lymph node level 1 clearance) but sadly I need to have a mastectomy as there are cells left...
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Hi Everyone Despite trying to be positive & hope for a lumpectomy I was told last week that the best way forward is a mastectomy. Since then I have gone from absolute panic to some sort of acceptance and then back to panic again! I have already had...
I’ve coped with chemotherapy quite well but it’s catching up the last few days, no energy falling asleep then waking up feeling like I’m on a different planet. Last night I lay on bed as had wobbly legs woke up and just got in bed, I’ve got pains in lower...
Hi I am new here. I had breast cancer I. October 2020, lumpectomy and radiation. 5 months of tamoxifen and then found out I had the brca 2 gene. Horrific since then, I'm 43 ovaries removed and double mastectomy. On anastrazole and I am a different person...
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