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My friend finished her chemo on 29th June. She managed to retain about 50% of her hair through cold capping and her new hair is growing through.. She had a lumpectomy at the beginning of this month and radiotherapy will happen in about 4 weeks time. She...
Hi all i had a double mastectomy 7 weeks ago recovered well had first chemo last Friday , felt a bit tired sickly also on injections to boost white cells , does chemo effect the tightness in the chest , I was doing my exercises until a couple of days...
Anyone else had BC that didn’t show on mammogram?
Hello Everyone, I was told I have Breast Cancer 1 week ago. Had a routine mammogram and asked back for further tests and it showed 16mm area of abnormality, which is small in comparison to some of the posts on here. In complete shock, don't know how to...
Hi, I talked yesterday with my surgeon and she confirmed my diagnosis. The first thing she said was that it's treatable (although my question was how bad it is). Most shocking to me is that I'm moving to Liverpool to start a new job on Tuesday. I...
Hi! I called today to my nurse and tomorrow I'm getting my biopsy results. I'm doing it over the phone. We agreed to do it this was as I'm preparing to move and I wasn't sure I would be able to attend an appointment. I'm not having a good feeling...
Good morning, I am new here and new to the whole BC thing... I had a recall from a routine mammogram and wasn't expecting anything other than a repeat one, then 4 hours later I emerged from the clinic having had 2 mammos, an ultrasound, a needle biopsy...
Looking for advice on what to do with my scar. I have to have a recexcision on 4th April as they didn’t get clear margins. They’ve already been in twice for first lumpectomy and then haematoma evacuation. The latest is 3 weeks old now, is it worth me...
Hi all, .I have been diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma and I'm having a mastectomy on early September. I have to decide on type of reconstruction surgery between an implant or tissue replacement. I'm 44 years old and struggling with deciding...
Hi can anyone tell me what changes are expected after 3 months being on Zoledronic Acid? how can you feel that bones and stronger? many thanks J
