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I am working as carer with the disable child in school. In toilet time when we hoisted the child to set the child in toilet, I have to hold and carry the child to set her/him in perfect position in toilet seat. Please I want advice, now I got mastectomy...
am takeing tamoxfine tablets plus getting injection into my stomach because I turned down haveing chemotherapy going though regular check up s and scans and memogram plus biopsy was horrible experience to go though and the constant treatment s of radiotherapy...
Hi all 3 weeks ago I had a double masectomy went for my results last week , they weren’t the best lump was larger than thought at 8.2 cm and 10 lymph nodes were positive with 1 clear so had clearance in the right side and SLNB on the left which was...
Well today was my last chemo cycle , it was touch and go as to whether it would go ahead because I had covid and was worried it might off affected my white blood cells , so until I got to my appointmnt I still had no idea, but thankgod it went ahead ...
Hi All I have had (2 weeks ago) a single mastectomy with immediate implant and wondering how to help with the lop side effect ? I still have swelling, which I know will take a while to go, but I'm struggling with how to get my other boob 'inline' as...
Hi I’ve been in tamoxifen for 8 weeks. 7 weeks ago I had to have my coil removed. Not had a period since removal until last week and had a heavy bleed. Is this normal on tamoxifen. thanks
About five years ago I was told I had DCIS in lb but it didn't need any treatment. Instead they would give me yearly mammograms. (Also have had recurring cysts in same left breast before and since.) In Jan, ten months after clear mammo, was diagnosed...
I am newly diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer and I feel terrified. I have been told it is curative treatment. However I am panicking about work and money. I feel so tired. Is it normal to feel like this?
Hi, I feel a bit of a fraud posting here with such a minor diagnosis, but I've been told I have low grade DCIS and recommended to have a lumpectomy and maybe also radiotherapy. I've had 5 biopsies so far on 3 areas of calcification - one was atypical...
Hi, initially diagnosed with DCIS plus IDC, stage 1, grade 2. However, lumpectomy revealed a bigger mass, plus sentinel node spread. Had axilla clearance and notes surgeon left show spread in non-sentinel nodes. So, potentially looking at late stage 3...
