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Itchy skin

Morning Ladies I had my last chemotherapy on New Year's Eve ,my second surgery in February & start radiotherapy in 2 weeks time, but for the last few weeks my...

Morning Ladies I had my last chemotherapy on New Year's Eve ,my second surgery i...

•8 years ago

1 down 5 to go

Hi guys, hope you are all having a good day and feeling well today.! I had my first FEC treatment yesterday, guess it went ok considering, felt a bit nauseous...

Hi guys, hope you are all having a good day and feeling well today.! I had my fi...

•8 years ago

It's ‪#‎TopTipTuesday‬ from our Haven visitors!

It's ‪#‎TopTipTuesday‬ from our Haven visitors! This week's tip is from Danielle .... "Try using a silk pillowcase for your pillow, it can help with hot...

It's ‪#‎TopTipTuesday‬ from our Haven visitors! This week's tip is from Danielle...

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Dummy run today!!

Hi All. Seeing my oncologist and radio therapists today for my "dummy run". Told I will have freckle looking tattoos! I hope you all had a very Good Easter...

Hi All. Seeing my oncologist and radio therapists today for my "dummy run". To...

•8 years ago

New beginnings

Happy Easter to all 💞 traditionally a time for light and life Spring is here so look forward not back life is too short to waste worrying over things out of...

Happy Easter to all 💞 traditionally a time for light and life Spring is here so...

•8 years ago

Sore Mouth

Hello all. I hope you are all getting on well with treatments and making good recoveries. I am currently getting a lot of sores in my mouth and throat. I am...

Hello all. I hope you are all getting on well with treatments and making good re...

•8 years ago

It's ‪#‎TopTipTuesday‬ from our Haven visitors!

It's ‪#‎TopTipTuesday‬ from our Haven visitors! This week's tip is from Carla .... "Ear acupuncture really helped to boost my energy levels during treatment."...

It's ‪#‎TopTipTuesday‬ from our Haven visitors! This week's tip is from Carla ....

•8 years ago

Dull ache

I have a dull ache in my back,directly behind where I had the op,and around the side,and the area is red and and hot,it's been ongoing since Friday,I don't...

I have a dull ache in my back,directly behind where I had the op,and around the ...

•8 years ago

Is it for me?

Thank you all for your lovely replies regarding the 'someone like me,'programme, I am concerned though because my problem isn't so much with the cancer...

Thank you all for your lovely replies regarding the 'someone like me,'programme,...

•8 years ago

Waiting over!!!

Hi, Well after being diagnosed on 10/02/16 having wide excision and biopsies on 25/02/16 I had my appointment with the consultant today for my results...

Hi, Well after being diagnosed on 10/02/16 having wide excision and biopsies on ...

•8 years ago

Help available

Hi guys, as you know I've struggled big time in work since I went back just short of 2 years ago. Yesterday I rang MacMillan who pointed me in the direction of...

Hi guys, as you know I've struggled big time in work since I went back just shor...

•8 years ago

It's ‪#‎TopTipTuesday‬ from our Haven visitors!

This week's tip is from Sylvia.... "Put on a Happy Face! Take five minutes to put on some makeup - even if it's just mascara, blusher and lippy! When you look...

This week's tip is from Sylvia.... "Put on a Happy Face! Take five minutes to p...

•8 years ago

Tummy trouble

Hi I had breast cancer 10yrs ago I had grade 3 cancer had a lumpectomy and 7months after treatment fell pregnant for the fourth time also had hip replacement...

Hi I had breast cancer 10yrs ago I had grade 3 cancer had a lumpectomy and 7mont...

•8 years ago

Anyone else change from Letrozole to Tamoxifen?

Hello all. I had breast cancer three years ago. Been on Letrozole since but now diagnosed with osteoporosis. Advised to come off Letrozole and start Tamoxifen....

Hello all. I had breast cancer three years ago. Been on Letrozole since but now ...

•8 years ago

Fatigue 5 years on

Hi I had a left breast mastectomy, chemotherapy and reconstructive surgery five years ago. I had 6 operations in the space of 12 months and am now 5 years in...

Hi I had a left breast mastectomy, chemotherapy and reconstructive surgery five ...

•8 years ago

Anaemia following chemo

Has anyone had anaemia following chemotherapy? I finished chemo 3 weeks ago, having had very little side effects. However, I feel really tired and get...

Has anyone had anaemia following chemotherapy? I finished chemo 3 weeks ago, ha...

•8 years ago

Just getting fatter

Hello everyone, Please can you help me. I had breast cancer, was diagnosed in 2012 and have been through the chemo and radiation and have been on Tamoxifen...

Hello everyone, Please can you help me. I had breast cancer, was diagnosed in 20...

•8 years ago

Aches n pains..

Has anybody been experiencing pins and needles in your hands and really achey feet and legs also a pain I'm my lower back was wondering if it was due to the...

Has anybody been experiencing pins and needles in your hands and really achey fe...

•8 years ago

Chemo?

I had a mastectomy last week and have another nerve wracking week to wait for results and treatment plan. I have felt healthy throughout and am very worried...

I had a mastectomy last week and have another nerve wracking week to wait for re...

•8 years ago

positive news for breast cancer patients

Very positive news in the BBC today about a new targeted therapy for breast cancer - hopefully this will be brought to market quickly given the impressive...

Very positive news in the BBC today about a new targeted therapy for breast canc...

•8 years ago

Handwritten instructions

Just thought I ,d add something to a post I ve just read about dates on prescriptions not being written and causing problems. For those of us or someone close...

Just thought I ,d add something to a post I ve just read about dates on prescrip...

•8 years ago

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Fat necrosis

Hi everyone,just wondering if anyone else has developed fat necrosis.I had bilateral mastectomy with skin saving reconstruction and during chemo notices lumps...

Hi everyone,just wondering if anyone else has developed fat necrosis.I had bilat...

•8 years ago

Tamoxifen

Further to the conversation a couple of weeks ago regarding Tamaxofen and being pre or post menopausal, I've been to GP today, she thinks I've the through the...

Further to the conversation a couple of weeks ago regarding Tamaxofen and being ...

•8 years ago

nearly 8 yr survivor

Hi all, I was diagnosed in Dec 2007 (one week b4 xmas). Had chemo to shrink tumour and then surgery to remove what was left and then had radiotherapy. Given 5...

Hi all, I was diagnosed in Dec 2007 (one week b4 xmas). Had chemo to shrink tumo...

•8 years ago

Breast cancer now dry cough

Have dry cough since Jan now a lot worse. Now have loud wheeze. Have been referred to fast track respiratory clinic after visit to A&E. Words like...

Have dry cough since Jan now a lot worse. Now have loud wheeze. Have been ref...

•8 years ago

My Masectomy

Am on day 6 of Tamoxifen-have been taking it 7.am. I wake sweating every hour or two till I get up at 6.am. Am going to take today's tablet just before...

Am on day 6 of Tamoxifen-have been taking it 7.am. I wake sweating every hour or...

•8 years ago

It's ‪#‎TopTipTuesday‬ from our Haven visitors!

This week's tip is from Amanda.... "Make sure you obtain an NHS exemption card form from your GP. Anyone with cancer gets free medication for five years and...

This week's tip is from Amanda.... "Make sure you obtain an NHS exemption card f...

•8 years ago

Lump

Hi it's Michele here I've had this dreaded breast cancer twice .tonight when I got out of shower I've noticed a dimple in my skin just below my scar I've got...

Hi it's Michele here I've had this dreaded breast cancer twice .tonight when I ...

•8 years ago

Surgery - Chemo, RT and herceptin

Hello all, My mum has recently been diagnosed with BC Stage 3 with 10 lymp nodes involvement. She is now going through AC - TH & RT regimen. Basically it is...

Hello all, My mum has recently been diagnosed with BC Stage 3 with 10 lymp nod...

•8 years ago

You've hit a milestone!

Whenever you write a post, ask a question or reply to someone, you are touching the lives of other people with breast cancer by spreading the benefit of...

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