Hi all I was told I had cancer on 15th December 2023. And confirmed as Stage 3 TNBC a week later. This was a complete shock, I’d found a lump but just thought it would be a cyst. I started chemotherapy early February, I had 12 weeks of Paclitaxel and...
I had my TNBC surgery in June the day before my birthday. I asked what's next and because I chose not to do chemo, the doctor said 'nothing' just a yearly mammogram on the other side. No ultrasounds, no MRI... nothing. So every little breathless day or...
Hi. I got my diagnosis last week. Grade 3, 3.7cm, no spread to lymph nodes. Will need chemo, lumpectomy then radio. My results have come back hormone negative, still awaiting HER2. I'm absolutely beside myself that this will come back negative which will...
Back to the anxiety of waiting for mammogram results. It’s my first one after treatment finished in November.
I am now almost at the 3 year point since my breast cancer diagnosis. Somewhere along the line my husband picked up the information that 3 years post diagnosis is a positive sign. A BCN nurse said 2 years to us recently. My question is is this just...
Hi I’m struggling with side effects from chemo. I’m on EC and docetaxol I’ve had thrush in my mouth and throat for 3 week. The mouth is improving but the throat is still painful. I’ve been given the strongest meds there are. Anyone else had this problem...
Hi. I have received most recent results of my MRI and CT scan and been told I have grade 2 stage 3 triple negative breast cancer. it was a lot to take in but I think he said it has spread to multiple lymph nodes in armpit, clavicles region and chest...
Hi all. I’ve just come onto this forum after many years. I was diagnosed stage 3 tnbc in dec 2018 at 38 yrs. Turns out im BRACA 2 positive. I had all the treatment and I passed my 5 year point in December without recurrence. Just wanted to pop back to...
I was diagnosed with TNBC 3 days ago and since finding out I have been poorly. I am tired, struggling to eat, had vomiting and diarrhoea and today am feeling nauseous and light headed and dizzy. Has anyone else had this? I’ve not started treatment...
Hi, I was diagnosed with Grade 1 TNBC and had one Lymph node that tested positive. I am more than half way through chemotherapy and I am also having immunotherapy. I have been told that I can have a lumpectomy and a number of lymph nodes removed or...
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