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Sorry I haven't replied for ages. It's been a wurl wind. So I had surgery but unfortunately only partial repsonse to chemo and surgery. They still found various cancer in the tissue and lymph nodes. I have Mets metaplastic and high grade dcis. Have an...
Hi I’m 2 weeks in- (3 weekly EC And weekly Paclitaxel and carboplatlin) and my heart rate is all over the place and just after treatment it was racing and I was breathlessl. I rang the helpline and was admitted to A&E. Been referred to a cardiologist...
Hello I have just joined the group in the hope that someone is having a similar experience/or already been through the same as me and can offer some encouragement. I was diagnosed with Triple Negative Breast cancer end October 2020. My treatment plan...
Hi again. I took my dressing off last night and since then have had fluid build up under my armpit. I rang the nurse and she said it was normal. Anyone else had it. It’s extremely painful. I googled it and it said it was a seroma. Should I still be wearing...
Hi there, I’m feeling pretty low about things and maybe just looking for some positivity. I was diagnosed with TNBC June 21 and had chemo followed by a lumpectomy and then re excision. I’m due to start radiotherapy in a few weeks. Yesterday at a follow...
Hi all. Hope everyone is ok. It’s been a week since my lumpectomy and lymph node biopsy and the nurse said I could take the dressing off. I’m very nervous to take it off! Once it’s off can I soak in the bath or not? Can I use bubbles and bath stuff or...
So my wife started Cape on Saturday (treatment as small 1.5mm residual after chemo/surgery. No node involvement). On Sunday she started getting a headache which would come and go. Monday the same, but during the night it kept her awake all night. She...
Hi I’m 41 and have just been diagnosed with grade 3 triple negative breast cancer. Just looking for any advice as I have no idea what to expect. Im a teacher in a secondary school and they’ve told me I can’t go to school in case I get covid before my...
Hi All I was originally diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer in 2020, I underwent a lumpectomy, with sentinel lymph nodes removal and a breast reduction. I then started chemotherapy and during this time felt a lump further up but in the same...
I was diagnosed with grade 2 TNBC in November. I started chemo a week before Christmas and so far apart from fatigue I've been feeling ok. I lost my husband to lung cancer 3 days into the 1st lockdown. I cared for him at home with no outside help until...
