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Useful recovery gift

Hi, my friend has recently told me she has breast cancer and will soon be having mastectomy and reconstruction surgery. I want to make up a basket of useful...

Hi, my friend has recently told me she has breast cancer and will soon be having...

•7 years ago

MRI results...

Well I only had to wait 4 days for the results which was good, however the news was not great. They found an enlarged lymph node on the affected side, and also...

Well I only had to wait 4 days for the results which was good, however the news ...

•7 years ago

BBC article on blood tests identifying cancer...!!

Hello ladies A friend of mine just posted this article on Facebook which I found interesting and encouraging. I hope you do too....

Hello ladies A friend of mine just posted this article on Facebook which I foun...

•7 years ago

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Chemotherapy treatments 4, 5 and 6

Hello!! I am feeling good about my 6th and final treatment tomorrow, cant help but feel very excited! Even thought there are the side effects to deal with,...

Hello!! I am feeling good about my 6th and final treatment tomorrow, cant help ...

•7 years ago

PICC line

I am half way through my chemo cycles and having tests this week to check my progress. I had an MRI yesterday and it all went well with the help of lorazepam...

I am half way through my chemo cycles and having tests this week to check my pro...

•7 years ago

The MRI...

Hello everyone, and a big thank you to everyone who replied to my MRI fear post. Well, I've had it done and am back home- it was nothing really! Took 2 mg...

Hello everyone, and a big thank you to everyone who replied to my MRI fear post....

•7 years ago

Haircut / syrup restyle!

Hello everyone, here's a tip! Last week I dropped in at the newly opened Wessex Cancer Trust in Salisbury for a presentation by a local hairdresser called...

Hello everyone, here's a tip! Last week I dropped in at the newly opened Wessex...

•7 years ago

Post removed

Morning all, Thanks to you who reported the post about a so called cure. I've deleted it...and removed from the group. Apologies for the delay but I've been in...

Morning all, Thanks to you who reported the post about a so called cure. I've de...

•7 years ago

MRI fear...

Hi everyone, This may sound feeble compared to what others have been through, but I'm dreading this MRI on Monday. It's a month since I was diagnosed with...

Hi everyone, This may sound feeble compared to what others have been through, b...

•7 years ago

Feeling Low

Had my check up Wednesday with my oncologist - he has taken me off Letrozole and the Zoladex injection for a month as I have really been struggling with the...

Had my check up Wednesday with my oncologist - he has taken me off Letrozole and...

•7 years ago

Biopsy

Hi everyone. I found out in January this year that I have the BRACA gene for Breast Cancer. I went for a routine Mammogram and Ultrasound yesterday . My...

Hi everyone. I found out in January this year that I have the BRACA gene for Bre...

•7 years ago

Nearly a year post chemo

Has anyone suffered itching following chemo?! I have been doing really well and then about 6 weeks or so ago my scalp and the back of my neck started to itch....

Has anyone suffered itching following chemo?! I have been doing really well and...

•7 years ago

Hi Friends ... Advice about Lymph nodes things

Hi friends .. I hope u were all enjoyed Easter.... Me and my friend also. we cooked and had together with her family. she were happy yesterday Now she is doing...

Hi friends .. I hope u were all enjoyed Easter.... Me and my friend also. we coo...

•7 years ago

New there, so this is me...

Hi all. I'm new on here so thought I would introduce myself. I'm Amanda and 4 years ago, I was diagnosed with grade 3 invasive ductal carcinoma at 26. I had 2...

Hi all. I'm new on here so thought I would introduce myself. I'm Amanda and 4 y...

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•7 years ago

Reassurance needed about underarm cording ....

Hello all... I had axillary clearance two and a half weeks ago and now have horrible 'cording' in my armpit which I'm finding really really distressing. I...

Hello all... I had axillary clearance two and a half weeks ago and now have horr...

•7 years ago

Easter

A very Happy Easter to all my breast buddies......love Marina xx

A very Happy Easter to all my breast buddies......love Marina xx

•7 years ago

How can I support my Mum with breast cancer?

Hi all, My name is Gina and I'm 23 years old. My Mum has just been diagnosed with HER2+ breast cancer in her right breast, and spread to the lymph nodes....

Hi all, My name is Gina and I'm 23 years old. My Mum has just been diagnosed wi...

•7 years ago

Bra,s

Can you tell me where you can get bra,s from to hold your false boob ( mastectomy)

Can you tell me where you can get bra,s from to hold your false boob ( mastectom...

•7 years ago

Hope on the horizon?

When I was diagnosed with stage four breast cancer with mets to lungs and liver, I was thrown into the 'hell in your head' state of fear as all of you know so...

When I was diagnosed with stage four breast cancer with mets to lungs and liver,...

•7 years ago

Bad anxiety

Hi I was diagnosed in Dec 16.coped with surgery-small lump removed not spread to lymph nodes. Had radio and now on letrozole. No probs with anything but the...

Hi I was diagnosed in Dec 16.coped with surgery-small lump removed not spread to...

•7 years ago

Tingling in my breasts...should I be worried :/

Hi everyone, I am a newbie here so, it's my first time posting. I'm 28 years old and have lived in London my whole life. For the last few months, I have been...

Hi everyone, I am a newbie here so, it's my first time posting. I'm 28 years o...

•7 years ago

Docetaxel (taxotere)

I love this site and have found some very useful tips offered by people in the know. I am trying to keep very positive in my journey and have done some...

I love this site and have found some very useful tips offered by people in the k...

•7 years ago

Indent

Hi All, My name is Donna and I'm 42 yrs old. This is the first I've posted on here. I have found an indentation on my left breast under the nipple, it only...

Hi All, My name is Donna and I'm 42 yrs old. This is the first I've posted on he...

•7 years ago

ongoing checkups?

I saw my oncologist a few weeks ago and when asked what kind of followups/scans etc there would be after my BC treatment finished (mastectomy/axillary...

I saw my oncologist a few weeks ago and when asked what kind of followups/scans ...

•7 years ago

Nervous

Hi I had Bi lateral Breast Cancer in 2012, I had Chemotherapy, Radiotherapy Herceptin and Letrozole. I had clear margins on Grade 3 tumours, one lymph node had...

Hi I had Bi lateral Breast Cancer in 2012, I had Chemotherapy, Radiotherapy Herc...

•7 years ago

I'm New

Hi I'm just home from a mastectomy yesterday , still having trouble be living this is happening to me , tried saving the breast with two previous surgeries but...

Hi I'm just home from a mastectomy yesterday , still having trouble be living th...

•7 years ago

Radiotherapy bra?

Hello ladies. When I have radiotherapy can I still wear a bra? I'm one breasted 😳 and not small, will be a bit difficult going without.......still, not the...

Hello ladies. When I have radiotherapy can I still wear a bra? I'm one breasted ...

•7 years ago

Bra Progress!

Hello ladies sincerely hope you've had the same good sunshine this week! Here's a good update. Last Wednesday at 17 weeks post mastectomy, I was able to wear...

Hello ladies sincerely hope you've had the same good sunshine this week! Here's ...

•7 years ago

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2nd cycle FEC

I had my second cycle of FEC two weeks ago and all has not been well. I was totally wiped out following the chemo and couldn't eat anything and foolishly...

I had my second cycle of FEC two weeks ago and all has not been well. I was tota...

•7 years ago

New and scared....a month to wait for op

Hi Everyone, I went for a routine mammogram then got called back for ultrasound and core biopsy. Have got invasive cancer and calcifications in left breast....

Hi Everyone, I went for a routine mammogram then got called back for ultrasound...

•7 years ago

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