Hi all , I am fresh from a diagnosis yesterday with triple negative breast cancer . Still shocked to be honest . Treatment plan is surgery , chemo then radiation . have an appointment with the surgeon again on Tuesday to decide whether a lumpectomy...
Hello All, I have had 3 different types of breast cancer in the last seven yrs. The most recent kind showed up in my shoulder area entwined with nerves, very painful, but inoperable. Triple negative. I went through six months of chemo (for the 2nd...
Hi all, Do any of you know if it's okay for me to go 2atch my children swimming? I know they say to avoid pools etc. during treatment but I would be watching from behind a perspex window and would stay away from the changing rooms. My in-laws have taken...
Hello, My sister was diagnosed in around May 2019 with triple negative breast cancer stage 2/3. She has completed chemo, radio and mastectomy. Unfortunately we had the bad news the the cancer is back and is now stage 4.thr hospital is saying it is incurable...
I'm wondering whether anyone else has had to deal with the fact that Chemotherapy means I am now not able to have kids of my own? I was offered IVF prior to starting treatment, but have been through it before and to be completely honest, the idea of...
Hello all. I was diagnosed at the end of August 2021 with early stage but aggressive Triple Negative Breast Cancer. I completed 6 months of chemo at the end of March and will be having surgery on 20th April. I have the BRCA1 gene and opted for a double...
Hi there guys, this is my first time posting here. I’m a 27 year old mother with two young children, I was diagnosed TNBC at the end of February and currently just going into my third cycle of EC. i saw my oncologist last week who told me the news...
Hello, (I'm going to put this on the breast cancer group too) I had my scan to determine my surgery last Thursday after 7 cycles of chemo. Ok I know I haven't seen the consultants yet but deep down I know the chemo hasn't worked because the tumour feels...
Hi I am new to this forum, but was diagnosed with TNBC in September. I have just completed chemo in March and thankfully the MRI has indicated a good response to the treatment. The breast surgeon is now offering a lumpectomy as opposed to masectomy...
I have a 16mm tumour, triple negative, grade 3. There’s no obvious evidence of spread to lymph nodes but will have sentinel node biopsy when I have surgery. I am arranging for my care to be transferred to a hospital that offers TARGIT-IORT radiotherapy...
