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Hi...it seems the cancer I have isn't covered...so if anyone out there who have gone through cancer of the spleen, how things went for you...it would be really cool to hear from you?👍

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Hi ! Does anyone know what would be an average time before stage 3 multifocal breast cancer with lymph node involvement ( auxiliary, sub pectoral, internal mammary glands ) which is HER 2 + and Estrogen + , Grade 2 turn into stage 4 without any treatment? I’m asking because I’m forced to stop treatment after only 1 chemo due to other underlying fast progressing autoimmune disease and I want to know what I’m roughly looking at… any ideas or guesses? Thank you.

Hello, I’m new here, and this is bound to be an old question, but I’m wondering if women have any tips on what they feel helped prevent lymphoedema after axillary clearance? I know the research seems to show that there’s not much you can do to definitely avoid it.

Hi everyone! I’m just wondering does anyone have info or practical experience of self-sourced cold cap therapy? My consultant-affiliated hospitals do not provide this service and I am reluctant to change hospitals and consultant to avoid delays. Does anyone have experience of renting machines or equipment themselves? I know private insurance covers some costs but is the process slow and stressful?, i obviously don’t want to delay treatment etc and not keen to use equipment involving dry ice as I fear trying to get consistent deliveries of this in time for each treatment may be very stressful and or may not always be successfully delivered. Any info would be greatly appreciated and if it isn’t in time to help me, then at least I will be able to help the next person to navigate the query a little easier. Thank you so much in advance!

Looking for people who have my type of cancer to discuss who they see what kind of treatments they have had etc.

Hi there, I'm just wondering if anyone can shed some light on this. I went for a biopsy and was meant to go for an appointment with the consultant this week but they decided at the MDT meeting that the biopsy needed further testing so it will take another few weeks. Is this normal practice? It seems sinister but maybe it's common for this to happen? Thank you, Angela.

Hi everyone! I have stage 3 breast cancer HER+ and hormone receptive. My doctor proposed first chemo then surgery and then hormone therapy. However due to side effects and what I understand only minimal reduction of recurrence risk I think I don’t want to do hormone therapy. Any other person decided the same? Thanks!

Primary Breast Secondary Peritoneal Metastatic

Looking for some advice. My consultant wanted an mri due to me wanting to be referred. The wait was around a month with me calling twice a week. I got it yesterday but it has stalled everything. Surprisingly, in a good way, the nurse rang me today to say they haven't got a report yet. She then let me know that if the consultant will not refer me, based on the mri, they have provisionally booked the surgery. I said I would then like the surgeon in Dublin to do the reconstruction still and do a full masectomy. She seemed surprised by this and said we can discuss that and wait for your results. Has anyone had implant surgery with shona tormey in UL and how does it look compared to your other breast. I have multiple reasons to wanting to be referred and it does include aesthetics. If they do refuse I would really appreciate some info on anyone who has had a single masectomy with Dr shona tormey. I also wonder can you feel it a lot or does it settle?