Hello,
I am new to these forums, well when I say new, I have never posted before but have often visited them to read other peoples stories over the last year.
My mum was first diagnosed in 2009 with breast cancer, treated with radiotherapy and chemo she got the all clear soon after.
Back in September 2014 after numerous trips to the doctors were dismissed she was diagnosed with secondary breast cancer, it had spead to lungs & bones and liver was inconclusive.
She had 9 litres of fluid drained from around her heart last october and it has been a bit of a roller coaster to say the least, however, her upbeat spirit and desire to keep fighting has made her able to live a relatively normal life since. She is on lots of medication due to increasing hip pain but still walks our dogs and gets on with daily life, she made the hard decision to leave work after being diagnosed as felt she couldnt give 100% to her job.
In the last few weeks she has been booked in to have a full hip replacement after the hip has crumbled (due to bone mets) and I was just wondering if there was anyone on these forums that had gone through this? We are slightly concerned about risk of infection as last christmas she picked up C-Diff but we put this down to her immune system being so low as she was on chemo (very agressive) at the time.
She is treated every 3 weeks at the moment (Herceptin & Pertuzumab)
Anyone that can give any advice will be greatly appreciated 
Thanks!