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I was diagnosed 17th December as TNBC stage 3 with numerous lymph nodes involved (more substantially than the actual tumour in the breast). I had to wait until 3rd Feb for treatment to even start which should be 4 cycles of Paclitaxel / carbuplatin and...
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...
Hi, I was diagnosed on Tuesday 11th February, although not a shock that I had breast cancer, the shock was this triple negative. I start my treatment on Thursday by having a magseed put in, then Tuesday 25th an injection of dye in my lymph nodes, with...
I was diagnosed with grade 3 triple negative breast cancer 8 weeks ago. I am only 29 years old but have the BRCA gene so the cancer was caught early through screening. I decided to have a double mastectomy to remove the 8mm tumour having been told I would...
Hi, I'm a newbie on here, I'm 57 and found a lump in my breast the middle of December and was diagnosed with TNBC on 14th Jan. Have bronchiectasis, microvascular angina and mild to moderate sleep apnea so received a phone call on Friday identifying that...
My wife has been diagnosed with early recurrence tnbc found in her collar bone lymph nodes so far no where else though two small nodes on her lungs but still to small to tell. As she also has rheumatoid arthritis treatment is limited as first round...
Back to the anxiety of waiting for mammogram results. It’s my first one after treatment finished in November.
Hi, I have had 12 paclitaxel and 4 Carboplatin, my MRI scan after that showed my lump had shrunk from 5cm to 2.7cm which is great. I was then going to have 4 x EC 2 weekly. I went for my first EC but had quite a bad allergic reaction to the E (red)...
Hi guys, I've been reading so many good things throughout the thread.. so I'm hopeful but oh so scared!! I have a metaplastic carcinoma 1.3cm and a high grade DCIS 7.6cm.. docs recommended 2 cycles of EC to see if it shrinks anything down.. if it does...
Hi, My name is Louise I am 44 and new to the group. On the 30th December 2024 I was told I had breast cancer, January 2025 they said it was TNBC it has not spread to my lymph nodes and my pet scan was clear. I am due to star Chemotherapy next week not...
