Hello everyone. I’ve just been diagnosed with secondary breast cancer in my liver and lung. I’m in complete shock as it was only picked up on a scan for appendicitis and I have no pain or symptoms. I was treated for primary bc in 2019 and after a second...
Hi I started my first lot of chemo therapy in may 2021. However just had my second scan and been told it’s grown by 1mm in my auxiliary nodes. My specialist is now changing my plan has this happened to others? my cancer is HER2 receptive and now they...
Hi in 2017 I had breast cancer I lost my left breast and coped relatively well with that and all my treatment... 5 weeks ago I had a biopsy done of my left eye orbit and was told 2 weeks later that I have metastic breast cancer... (Seems weird saying...
Hi pleased to meet you all. I am on fazlodex injections now as all other meds have failed. Has it worked for anyone as I seem to be growing more tumors in armpit. Early days for this med for me but would like some positive replies. Thanks.
Hiya I’m Issy and have joined this group as I am awaiting a bone scan result and think I may have bone mets. I was diagnosed stage 2b BC in Jan 18 and have been getting new pain in lower back at sacrum , hoping I’m wrong but knew this was always going...
Hi. My mum knew she had secondary breast cancer but found out today that she now has bone cancer in the base of her skull. I'm joining for support please. Oncology will tell us more on Friday
Hello everyone, to give a background I was diagnosed in Feb 2018 with left breast IDC grade 2 and spread to lymph nodes. Had partial mastectomy, chemo, radiotherapy, bishophates and started Anatrozole. In February 2021 high grade DCIS was found in other...
Hello everyone! Well it's been 9 years since I was last on this forum and obviously hoped that I would not be returning! But here I am! I had a bit of swelling and itching at my mastectomy site summer last year during Covid and didn't get it checked...
Hi there, I seemed to have posted here there and everywhere on this site, new to community, breast cancer, but I think I’m in the right place now. my initial breast cancer was 2014 and I have now been diagnosed with secondary cancer in my muscle and...
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/08/caitlin-flanagan-secret-of-surviving-cancer/619844/?utm_source=pocket-newtab-global-en-GB snippets : "When I began to understand that attitude doesn’t have anything to do with survival, I felt myself...
