Breast Cancer Care Forum

Hi Mishy sorry to hear about suspect X-ray.  In my experience xrays don’t show enough to be accurate in diagnosis, which is why they want a CT.  so hope it turns out to be something less worrying.  Three weeks is ages to wait.  Try to put it to the back of your mind and hope it’s ok.  My dodgy chest X-ray shadows turned out to be rads damage on CT.  try ringing radiology and see if they can fit you in earlier. Sometimes you just catch it right for a cancellation.  Enjoy your break xxx ... View more

Hi Mishy glad you’re enjoying Easter and good news on the stable scan.   Angela I’m so pleased to hear your drugs are working and the mets disappearing.  Fantastic!  I’m now 16 days past Diep and it is a struggle with extreme tiredness and having to rest lots.  I’m a doer and like to be up and out but I did a bit too much the first week and my tummy wound bled a little.  Surgeon said it was under great pressure to keep together and I had to rest more and stay stooped over for longer.  I had thought I was doing well getting out walking and standing straight.  So I’m on inadine daily dressings and resting up.  Really pleased with new foob and have the flat tummy of a 16 year old 🤣 ... View more

Hi ladies kimi I hope you have a lovely holiday.   On Monday I had my Diep and yesterday I came home.  My tummy is painful but my back is agony😩 ... View more

I’ve had a call today from the hospital to cancel my Diep tomorrow.  They’ve got a trauma case that can’t wait.  I’m devastated 😥 ... View more

Great news Angela x ... View more

So sorry to hear this Michelle.  I can only imagine how you must be feeling as I was being tested for exactly the same thing over Christmas.  Are they sure at this stage, with them being so small, that they are actually mets?  I had a lung nodule at the start on CT, but it disappeared with chemo, so I don’t  know if it was a met or just a nodule.  My sister, who has had two BCs and colon, gone to st 4 liver, has about 5 lung nodules but they haven’t changed in 4 years, so they think they are not mets. She has just had her check ups today and is clear on cancer except for 1 8mm tumour in her liver.  She was on palliative chemo 3 1/2 years ago but has had 3 liver ops since then and is feeling great now.  If it is mets at least they’ve found it really early xx ... View more

Lovely news Angela. Well done. xxx ... View more

Mishy my lung shadow has stressed me out all over Christmas and NY but GP and radiologist did say at the start they thought it was rads damage. I didn’t really believe that because I’ve had a horrendous cough for 2 months and this shadow didn’t show up on numerous previous CTs and X-rays. When I said to BCN how come it wasn’t there before, she said that the rads keeps acting for ages and scarring develops over time. Certainly I’ve always been told that ribs can be affected by rads. ... View more

Hi ladies Mishy I’m sending you positive vibes. I have just heard from my BCN following today’s MDT. My lung shadow is radio therapy scarring NOT cancer nets. I’m so relieved and now I can have my Diep too. Just goes to show that these things often do turn out to be rads or chemo damage. I worried all through Christmas and new year. Last Christmas I worried on CT results until mid January because I had liver lesions which turned out to be chemo damage xx ... View more

Gave a great time FTF xx ... View more

Lovely to hear from you Tatyana and glad you’re feeling more positive. I’m still waiting on CT results but cough is much better so I’m hopeful it’s nothing to worry about. I’m struggling to lose weight with the Christmas food and drink still around XX ... View more

Hi I had the CT today once they could get cannula into a cooperative vein (artery??). Flipping hurt when the dye went in this time. I don’t know if I told you ladies that I have my Diep date through for early February so have to keep up the dieting and getting fit over Christmas. It’s dependent on the lung thing being sorted obviously xx Hugs to you Tatyana. Hope all is well. Have a good Christmas everyone else xx🥂🍷🍰🍗🌲🌲🌲🎅🎉⛄️❄️✨🌲🌲🌲 ... View more

Angela that’s great news and just in time for Christmas.  Very happy for you. 😃😃😃😃   ive has more xrays for my lung shadow but oncologist says they don’t tell him enough so I have a CT on 21st so he can compare with previous ones.  Will be a long worry over Christmas awaiting results but I’m just going to hope it is caused by my bad cough or maybe rads damage and try to forget about it as far as possible.    Better news is is that I saw my plastic surgeon yesterday and he has confirmed that he can do my DIEP recon next year and as I have managed to lose 7lbs he can also fix my tummy muscle split.  Just need to get past the lung problem and get myself as fit as possible.    Again congratulations Angela xx ... View more

Thank you Angela, Michelle and Shi. Angela I’m glad you enjoyed Keswick, one of my favourite places and beautiful walking. This latest news has floored me. Angela you’re right I have had two liver scares which they said was chemo damage and a lung nodule that disappeared. This one just seems so scarey though. I know I’m whinging to the wrong people here as you are all doing well dealing with your own traumas, but I really hoped I’d have at least a few years respite before this came back to haunt me. I don’t feel up to dealing with it now. I just have to hope and pray that it’s just rads damage. 😥xx ... View more

Hi girls Please send me some good vibes or prayers. I’ve had a call from GP to say there’s a shadow on my lung on cancer side and something on my rib on X-ray I had on Friday . I have had a cough for 6 weeks. Got to go back tomorrow for another X-ray. Hope you’re all doing ok. Sorry I’ve not replied to your individual comments. I struggle with keeping up on this forum but do think of you all xx ... View more

Kimmi Good luck at the doctors tomorrow. Hope it is useful and brings you some peace of mind. My feet are still very painful. I have to limit my walking a bit which is annoying when I’m trying to lose weight for my Diep/muscle fix op. I have orthotics from podiatrist now but they are difficult to fit in shoes and very uncomfortable. It is so hard to lose weight on letrozole. I’m keeping to around 1200 cals a day and eating healthy stuff but hardly losing anything. ... View more

Angela I have sent you a PM x ... View more

Hi Angela, I’ve asked Emma about her trial and will let you know. Sorry if I’ve asked before but is it “just” liver secondaries? If so I know of a surgeon who can remove them. He took 15 tumours out of my sisters liver nearly 3 years ago (stage 4 BC) and she is fine now. I think I wrote to you about him a while ago. I’m ok. I retired 31st October and have had a horrendous cough, sore throat and headache since. Also had tummy problems and usual bad feet etc, so just feeling a bit rough. Nothing to worry about I hope. Had my CT angiogram last week to check I’m ok for Diep so I’ve got the usual scanxiety, hoping I don’t hear from anyone as they also check for secondaries in liver etc. ... View more

Best wishes to all you lovely ladies with your treatments and problems.  Sorry not replied individually, been feeling a bit rough lately.  I always read your comments and think of you, even if I don’t say so xx ... View more

Angela, so sorry to hear it’s not the best news.  Onwards with new treatments.  Keep your chin up 🙂.  One of my friends in my Facebook group has just started a new trial at the Marsden for her liver secondaries.  There are lots of new trials around so hope they have something to help you.  Sending hugs xxx ... View more