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Hi everyone, I have TNBC and have finished 8 cycles of Chemotherapy. I am having a wide excision and sentinel node biopsy next Thursday. I am shocked and obviously nieve as I was told my lymph nodes were clear.....so when the surgeon mentioned lymph node...
Hello there, Can anyone offer any advice about surgery, I am due to see the surgeon next week, I have TNBC in the left breast only - phew! I am about to have my 3rd chemo this week EC and then onto Paxitaxel, today they have offered it over 2/3/12 weeks...
Hello everyone. I have been recently diagnosed with TNBC in December. I have just turned 50 and am waiting for my treatment plan to be finalised. Any one out there of my age group undergoing treatment? Any advice on what to expect will be highly appreciated...
Good afternoon, I have now had 3 rounds of chemo for TNBC, I still have at least 5 to go and then surgery, then radiotherapy, since finding an initial lump they have now found 4 other areas, in the same breast, it is unlikely that I can have a lumpectomy...
Hi all I haven't posted here before. I was recently diagnosed with tnbc as a recurrence of breast cancer from 13 years ago. The cancer is in my lymph nodes in my neck and my neck is huge and getting bigger every day. I was supposed to start treatment...
Hi everyone! I'm 2 years out of a TNBC diagnosis. Currently I'm off work with depression. I've been put on citalopram. Is it safe for me to take citalopram? I have googled ( I know stupid me) and seen that some antidepressants can cause breast cancer...
Just had to tell you all my 1st EC treatment went ok yesterday, just the waiting for the phone call to go to the unit caused mega anxiety!!! Only took about 1 and 1/2 hours. Went to our Maggies for a welcoming coffee and a piece of cake - much needed...
So my wife had her pathology results today. 3 nodes removed and were clear of cancer with no sign of cancer ever being there. Before treatment her tumour was 23mm. They removed 1.5mm of residual cancer. Clear margins. So she is happy that the chemo...
Just wanted to catch up with my tnbc friends and see how you are all doing. I have lost all the threads of conversation on here. Where are you at now? I have appointments today with oncologist and later surgeon. I am hoping for scans to tell me the...
I was diagnosed with invasive lobular triple neg in Aug. Had WLE and 3 lymph nodes removed in September. Lymph nodes clear but margins in breast were not so had second WLE a few weeks later. Waited ages for results, luckily clear. Scars healed and have...
