Recent DiscussionsVery confused It is interesting reading everyone's journey's and trying to understand what's ahead. I tried going prepared to appointments with questions I found online but I'm always feeling pushed out the door a...To port or not to port...Hi, I have just found out that my WLE to remove 2 tumours wasn’t as successful as hoped and they didn’t get the healthy margin hoped for on one of them the, also the sentinel node biopsy came back as...Radiotherapy after skin-sparing mastectomy & diep-flap-reconstruction? Has anyone had radiotherapy done after their skin-sparing mastectomy & diep-flap reconstruction? Did it cause any issues with the breast flap? like hardening or shrinking? I had no lymph node invol...TC chemo 4 vs 6 cyclesHello I’d like to hear from anyone who has had more than 4 cycles of adjuvant TC. I’m coming up to cycle 4 next week and I still don’t know whether that will be it or whether I will have to do more,...Cold Capping and hair loss experience with TC chemoI went for my first TC chemo session with cold capping on a Paxman. I've got wavy coarse hair, that's not particularly thick. Conditioner and water was applied with a focus on the top of the head. I w...Negative impact of radiation on Flap (autologous) reconstruction??Hi all, will have mastectomy in a couple of months time, am considering to have an immediate breast reconstruction (IBC) using my own tissues/ flap (autologous). Unfortunately, I will have a series of...Radiation Fibrosis SyndromeHi everyone!!!! I was diagnosed with BC last year. I had DCIS and IDC......I had conserving surgery partial mastectomy with a flap reconstruction done......I had my yearly follow up in June this year ...Surgical options when you need radiation post surgery ???Hi All I am seeking advice/information about what options you were given for surgery when you needed to have radiation post surgery. A bit about me, I am 52 single mum to adult sons (one still a...Neoadjuvant PLUS adjuvant chemotherapy?Hi everyone, As my wife's neoadjuvant chemotherapy draws to a close we've been looking more forward to surgery / radiation, however her breast care coordinator dropped a new bit of information last...Update: I got heavy period 1 week after 1st Zoladex injection. Any similar experience?Hello everyone. I wish you have a happy Sunday. I am 33 y.o. and diagnosed with localised advanced HER2-positive breast cancer last month. I got zoladex injection on Thursday (12/9). As expecte...RadiationI finished Radiation about a month ago but I am still tired and I had real problems with losing skin and burns which has improved now but it is still very itchy? Anyone else have similar experience a...Radiotherapy burnsHi everyone. I’m new here & wondering if someone has gone through something similar. I was diagnosed with grade 1 breast cancer & had a lumpectomy in June 2024. I finished 15 sessions of radiotherapy ...fatigue and early agingHi I had brest cancer Nov 22 with lumpectomy, chemo and radiation. Iam now 55 years old but i feel my body has aged about 15 years. Chemo hit me with fatigue and i still have some bad days now. Is thi...Must-haves for chemoHi all. I am about to start chemotherapy next week, fortnightly for 8 weeks and then weekly for 12. There is SOOOOOOOOOO much out there about what it will be like, what the side effects will be, what ...Newbie - not the 2024 I was hoping for!I was diagnosed just before Christmas 2023 with invasive lobular cancer - a journey that just keeps unfolding. Initial diagnosis scans showed the ILC was 3.3 cm, then MRI 6 cm and the pathology resul...1/2 through radiation, and I'm Knackered,so here I am on week 3 of 6 of this radiation treatment, and I'm so over it! After my last post on tips and tricks on how to get through and all the updates about my horrible radiation team, like tha...Chemo capsHi All, I'm new here and was carer for my cousin who was diagnosed with aggressive, metastatic BC in July 2021. She underwent many rounds of different chemos and lost her hair three times throughou...Feeling cold all the timeAnyone else feeling cold all the time after treatment? Had surgery and radiotherapy last year & started Letrozole in June. Had a few side effects from the Letrozole - occasional hot flush, big weigh...Where to have radiotherapy?Hi, I hope to get some feedback about where to have radiotherapy treatment. I live in Melbourne. Was thinking the Austin because its close to home, but now wondering if Peter Mac is better or perhaps ...New here - hello all Hi everyone, Im new here as of today. Id like to ask a question about oncotype test if thats ok? Has anyone here benefited from it? Im set for chemo week after next but am wondering if I should do t...
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