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New primary diagnosis (I think?)

Hi I've been looking at the forums for nearly 4 years but never posted.. You all seem so brave and informed so I was scared LOL. Quickly (or not so quickly cos i do go on!) Aug 2006 (age 36) On left breast I had grade 3, 10cm Invasive ductal carcinoma ...

Posted by neesey on Tue Jun 29, 2010 6:16 pm with 17 comments

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great news Bev Lx

Lulu34, Thu Sep 09, 2010 2:39 pm
thickening

I have just been to GP on a non-bc matter and mentioned an ache I have had in my right [good] breast.I have lost 2 stones lately[on purpose-Weight Watchers] and gone down 2 bra sizes so assumed that was it.She examined me and said she could feel a 'thi...

Posted by horace on Tue Aug 17, 2010 11:43 am with 15 comments

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Hi Val I've spoken to you on here before, I was also grade 3 triple neg in 2005 and that wasn't a "lump" I'm sorry to say, but an area of thickening. I then had another primary in July last year just 4 years later, but ER/PR + this time (at the site ...

Bev1004, Thu Sep 09, 2010 2:03 pm
Worried-Found new lump 4 years on-referred for tests

Hi to all I am exactly 4 years post my original lump, MX and recon, but now have felt an area in my remaining breast that I am not sure was there before, if you know what I mean. It feels different from the first lump, but hubby made me go to docs to...

Posted by Deborahw on Sat Sep 04, 2010 9:11 am with 14 comments

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Hi again Well I now have my appointment, its on the 16th in the afternoon, so not too long to wait. Will keep you all posted as soon as I know anything. Thanks again Love Deborah xxxx

Deborahw, Tue Sep 07, 2010 3:51 pm
Lumpiness under my WLE scar

I haven't posted for a while. Finished treatment in April/May time. WLE, SNB (no nodes involved) Rads and chemo(i was told as a precaution due to my young age!) I can feel a lump under the scar....which has been there a while.. my ONC said it was scar...

Posted by slatch on Wed Aug 25, 2010 12:44 pm with 5 comments

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Great news! What a relief! Love n hugs Dot

dotchas, Thu Sep 02, 2010 11:22 am
Bit worried

I was dx in 2004, grade 3, no lymph involvement, WLE, Chemo/. Rads., and 5 yrs Tamoxifen. I was discharged from Breast clinic last May and put on 2 yrly Mammograms so didn't get one this year. On checking myself the other day I found a area on effected...

Posted by karen on Wed Aug 11, 2010 6:00 pm with 4 comments

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Here's hoping Karen it is cysts you are dealing with and all goes well. Love Reneexx

renee, Wed Sep 01, 2010 10:50 pm
One year on - worrying news

I had my first mammo, since my WLE last August, 3 weeks ago and was thinking all must be fine as the radiographer said "no news was likely to be good news". Today I have received an appointment for an ultrasound on the other breast as they think it wo...

Posted by laurasue on Fri Aug 27, 2010 3:19 pm with 17 comments

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Hi Chris So pleased you had good news J xxx Wishing you good luck gocat xxxxx

MURDO2323, Wed Sep 01, 2010 4:22 pm
Needle biopsy

Hi, It's 4 years since my op for invasive lobular BC. Yesterday I went for my check and just happened to mention that the ? benign lumps on the other side seem to have enlarged and my breast looks bigger than the other side. I had three needle biopsie...

Posted by gentleninja on Fri Aug 06, 2010 5:30 pm with 4 comments

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Hi, Good news. All the results showed benign lumps on the unaffected side although I do have elevated liver function test results. I have to wait for a couple of weeks before I see the Gasto consultant about the indigestion etc. This is still worrying ...

gentleninja, Fri Aug 27, 2010 4:50 pm
recurrance after 7 years

I'm finding it hard to cope this time around. 5 weeks ago I found a lump just below my shoulder on the side that I had had a mastectomy on. It came up very quickly and is quite big. Grade 3 according to the surgeon. Also he says it is very tight in ...

Posted by crawfo64 on Fri Aug 13, 2010 7:59 pm with 6 comments

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Hi all I have just been diagnosed with my 4th recurrence in 25 years, its on the side where I had my mastectomy and LD recon 5 years ago. Just shows having a mx is no guarantee. Been taking Fermara for 12 months so they obviously haven't worked, put ...

Janice, Thu Aug 19, 2010 4:41 pm
Still worried

Hi, I've had the results of the needle biopsy and scan and both showed benign lumps on the unaffected breast so I've just got to wait for the blood results. I'm still worried because since starting Arimidex last June I started with indigestion, (my tab...

Posted by gentleninja on Wed Aug 18, 2010 2:55 pm with 2 comments

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Hi Muffett, Many thanks for your advice. I saw my GP today as I though she might possibly increase the dose of Omaprazole but instead after takingmjy history she's reffered me back to the Consultant who performed the endoscopy last year. I'll let you k...

gentleninja, Thu Aug 19, 2010 2:59 pm
Has anyone had hodgkins in he past?

Hi girls, i have had Hodgkins lymphoma in the past, 18yrs ago and in remission ever since treatment,chemo , and due to mantle radiotherapy i had then, my BC risk is higher, and here I am, is anyone else here got a similar story? I hope not, but if y...

Posted by JulsRis on Thu Nov 29, 2007 11:41 am with 17 comments

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Hi Molly12 and MumsyMum, I saw your posts and wondered what you two had come up with, my story is similar to yours, Hodgkins diagnosed in 1987/88 Mantle Radiation, Underactive Thyroid, Breast Cancer in 2006, Bilateral Mastectomies. I was never told ab...

yessie, Sat Aug 14, 2010 12:28 pm
Small lump on collarbone

Hi all It's been a while since I've been on here but I've had a small pimple-sized lump appear on my collar bone - very near the middle of my body but just about on the 'good' side. Could this be a recurrence? I was diagnosed Oct 2007 and had WLE, che...

Posted by Scampernutt on Sun Aug 01, 2010 3:24 am with 5 comments

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Hi Angela, just wanted to wish you all the very best for Tuesday. I don't have anything on my collar bone (secondaries to the liver and spine) The spine doesn't give me too much trouble and the onc isn't particularly worried about them (well, he would...

Jodie1, Fri Aug 13, 2010 8:25 am
another lump

Hi anyone out there had another lump in same breast so quickly. i had lumpectomy etc plus lode removal 4x4 chemo & rads last year. Feel bad still from chemo. Had mammo but Dr couldn't see anything now waiting for ultrasound, but am in Spain where I'm n...

Posted by magel on Mon Jul 26, 2010 10:11 am with 5 comments

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Hi Monica, Thanks for letting us know how you got on you must be so relieved Iv'e got to the stage where any lump i find now i know is cancerous, thats me now i am a killjoy but you start to lose faith in everything when things just keep going bad for ...

renee, Thu Jul 29, 2010 11:06 pm
meeting up?

am going through a recurrance of my BC. Main concern for me is that I don't have anyone to talk to about this : friends , bless em - are tooooo scared or finding this difficult to broach, or don't know. People treat me with "kid gloves "as though I'...

Posted by fruitgum on Sat Jul 24, 2010 7:44 pm with 2 comments

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Your message really struck a cord with me! Am just off to the hospital to get checked out as found a lump at the weekend. Was diagnosed in 2002 then again in 2008 and hoping this isn't the 3rd time! Have only told my husband and 1 friend who is coming ...

Deb63, Tue Jul 27, 2010 9:20 am
Local recurrence after 3 years

Hello Ladies, It has been quite a while since I posted on the forums, I had WLE, chemo and rads in 2007,and been taking Tamoxifen and last week was diagnosed again with lobular carcinoma in the same breast which apparently is a different type to the fi...

Posted by Jillian on Sat Jun 26, 2010 7:47 pm with 25 comments

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Hello Julian, I am leaving a very similar ordeal to yours. I am looking to have immediate reconstruction and if so, the op will not be before September as the surgeon is on holiday. Saying that, I was assured that there is no "urgency" and that only ...

croquette, Thu Jul 22, 2010 9:57 pm
awaiting surgery

hi ladies thought I would join you in our moment of hell. I had lumpectomy,chemo,radio and tamoxifen 6 years ago and have been diagnosed with a new primary, this time IDC. After CT, X-rays and MRI to check for metastases (clear, thank God) am now awa...

Posted by sirenonarock on Sat Jul 03, 2010 12:03 am with 3 comments

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Hi there Yeah I guess I am not so scared of cancer as the first time, more terrified of the treatment. I did read fairly recently that the medical profession think that cancer will never be cured but managed so although it is distressing to think that...

sirenonarock, Fri Jul 16, 2010 10:14 pm
just had mammogramm No 3.

Hi I am freaking out. Just had Mammo No3 since diagnosis. No 1 being the one before my surgery, mastectomy and lymph node clearance. Chemo and rads... So in all over all that trauma for 2 years now. I had my routine mammo today and all was fine, until...

Posted by mummyv on Mon Jul 12, 2010 6:12 pm with 2 comments

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Lets hope they just squashed you too hard. I'm sorry to hear that you are so worried, I cannot help you, we become so anxious once we have been through bc once, it is very difficult. My thoughts are with you, Take care Hugs Maria

marial, Mon Jul 12, 2010 9:09 pm
New primary diagnosis - 7 months after treatment finished

Hi all, to say I'm schocked and stunned to be having to go through this again less than a year after my treatment finished is an understatement. I am 30, and had a lumpectomy, chemo and radiotherapy last year. Just found out last week that the new lump...

Posted by francescap29 on Mon Jul 05, 2010 8:31 am with 7 comments

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Chances are you will be fine - please don't let my experience freak you out! All I can say is good luck, and IF there is anything nasty there then they're do everything they can to sort you out. If not, you're laughing :) Take care, keep me posted x

francescap29, Thu Jul 08, 2010 11:36 am
night sweats!!

Hello ladies just looking for some advice please, I have been taking tamoxifen now since the end of march, since then I have been having horendous night sweats so much so that I can't remember the last decent nights sleep I had. A litle while back ...

Posted by angels12 on Sat May 22, 2010 9:03 am with 22 comments

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I take clonidine for the night sweats and it works a treat. Julia xx

rancidtart, Wed Jul 07, 2010 6:55 pm
help with my diagnosis

Hi Everyone I have been employed for the last 4 years as a counsellor for people who have had cancer. My last diagnosis was 5 years ago and 23 years with another diagnosis before this. I do plan to go to work again if my chemo is okay. I wondered what...

Posted by molly12 on Tue Jun 29, 2010 6:52 pm with 6 comments

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Thanks msmolly. I really do take on borad what you are saying.x

molly12, Wed Jun 30, 2010 10:21 am
3 years after mastectomy fairly large rash forms -

Hi, im new here. I had breast cancer 3 years ago and a mastectomy with radiation and chemotherapy. Now a red rash has formed over the chest area. Im scheduled for a biopsy, there is no lump but a red rash. If it is cancer I dont want to take any of t...

Posted by nightingales on Wed Nov 25, 2009 8:05 pm with 7 comments

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The cream I had from my GP 'Trimovate' took weeks and weeks to work (about 10), but since clearing up the rash where the rad burns were, it hasn't returned (since Christmas time). So I will go back to using this on my legs (it is now going around the ...

SylviaJ-S, Tue Jun 29, 2010 5:05 pm
New lump on mx scar - can it be innocent?

Hi, I don't know if anyone can reassure me or if I should just prepare myself for the worst? History - age 42, diagnosed Jan 2009, mx, chemo (epi-cmf x8) rads x15 finished beginning nov 09. Tamoxifen 5 years. Last night just watching tv when I became...

Posted by schmooley on Thu Jun 24, 2010 12:53 pm with 6 comments

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Hi, I too got a lump on my mastectomy scar after about eight weeks, really worried at the time. My GP referred me back to surgeon, really worried at the time. After having it removed, then given radiotherapy was told that I would be OK. but my oncolo...

jessica01, Sun Jun 27, 2010 9:24 pm
New recurrence - Help!

Hi everyone, I've not finished my treatment for my diagnosis of bc and it's already recurred on my mx scar. I've had chemo and rads and I'm just over half way with Herceptin. I had a staging CT on wednesday. Best case would be that this is just a lo...

Posted by Annie81 on Fri Jun 18, 2010 12:35 pm with 11 comments

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Hi Annie, Sorry to hear its gone further. Yesterday I met a lady who's first diagnosis was in 1996 when she was 7 months pregnant. She had mx et chemo etc when her baby was 3 months old. She has had bone problems since then, but she is still very much...

marial, Thu Jun 24, 2010 9:42 am
Lump and pain in other breast

I know I am most probably panicking about nothing but found small lump at top of my good breast (near armpit) last week. I am seeing the doctor tomorrow but can't help feeling the worst. First diagnosed April 2008 WLE and axilliary clearance Grade 3 2....

Posted by lizziemum on Mon Jun 14, 2010 2:23 pm with 14 comments

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Hi everyone Thanks for your support but everything was Ok I'm glad I've been through it all before as I feel so sorry for those just starting. I received my appointment yesterday for 7th July butthen got phoned at work with a cancellation for yesterday...

lizziemum, Tue Jun 22, 2010 9:02 am
a whole new world

hi recently diagnosed with local recurrence after a 12 year disease free period, I now find that the cancer has mutated from grade 1 in 1997 to grade 3 now. I am in new territory and looking at chemo, rads, possible oophorectomy if chemo doesn't put me...

Posted by daisyleaf on Sat Jul 25, 2009 11:40 am with 441 comments

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hi everyone, renee, glad to hear you have finished chemo, hope the side effects go away quickly Val, i was beginning to worry about u, not heard from u for a while, but i am relieved to see your doing well. Lulu, lovely to see you last weekend, it was ...

hollymeg, Sun Jun 20, 2010 12:31 am
Need some cyber hugs

Sorry , but its been my worst day since diagnosis. I'm sure you have all been there. Love to you all anyway Maria

Posted by marial on Sat May 01, 2010 9:01 pm with 74 comments

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Heather, Thank you, your hugs are very welcome. Isabelle, There you are in the worst situation we have to cope with (Waiting) and you are thinking of me. That is the beauty and strength of these forums. With help and cyber hugs from others, we can bo...

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