Breast Cancer Now Forum

Hello girls!   I am 47 an I had my treatment at 43. i jus gave birth to nice and healthy girl. Naturally without any doctors involment NO IVF! ... View more

Yes - of course. Just some doctors prefer to do fat transfer first because can damage an implant and looks better is first are doing fat. And also if you got small size can be enough with fat transfer only. ... View more

I think - better is fat transfer Liposuction) first and then underneath can put implant. Because flap does mean damaged muscles and other tissue. It was my choice. Fat transfer as well is looking more natural then only implant.  After this can take bra off in sport centre changing rooms  and dont have to feel uncomfortable. ... View more

Appears nobody here does not have any expierence with pregnancy after 40ties. I have got natural pregnancy, but I would like to hear about any type of pregnancy in any age because natural pregnancy is very rare even without chemo after 40ties. Thank you for any answer. ... View more

And about survival rates and recurence rates they are not according each other as well. There is quite improoved in secondaries treatment. For me maind thing is to live without recurance as long as possible. Not to surrvive with chemotheraphy at intervals. My friend who is onkologist explained me that in researches we have to look only at surrvival rates, but not to the recurence rates. Sounds realy strange. ... View more

I think you are partly right. Because tamoxifen does not work against progesteron at all. If you have got still periods - this mean progesteron still is there. Tamoxifen is working only against questrogen. In Europe mostly are taking out ovaries and then if realy necessary only then can give a little dosage of HAT. ... View more

Are you sure you would like reconstruction immediately??? If you had 2 lumpectomies may be the best is to weit about 1-2years? What yours doctor said? ... View more

Annie22 Sorry, I heard, but there were not any possitive results. Some lady's lost muscle flaps again. And finaly the best option was external prothese. I went for lipofilling only (without any flaps and without any implants) 4 years after surgery. Maybe this is the option for you as well??? ... View more

Dont be upset because if we do not like to make headache for radiologist to read the results after investigations in future - then the best is to stay without recon for couple years just for safety. So at the moment better try to be happy because you are cancer free now! Only after while you will recognise better what realy is the best for you. And what else - there is quite nice changes over the last 3-4 years in reconstruction area. After 1 year - if you still will think about recon,then you will have more choices and you will have time to faind the best onkopastic surgeron as well. My surgeron told me there are many +++ why to choose for external protheses only - 1) nothing artifical in body, 2) non invasive, 3) easy to change and match with other breast when we put on weight. He said that in his opinion reconstruction does need for women who realy are thinking that will die without recon. Because any changes in body what we could avoid they never are not good for our Health. ... View more

Thank you! I just sent an e-mail to my doctor. Will see what he will answer. ... View more

If you are worried about numbness and it will be only prophylactic surgery, then may need to find a surgeon who is trained to do nerve-sparing surgery ? Reconstruction can to be done by lipofīling only. That does not damage nerves so much. My friend did it and after 2 years the sensibility was fully returned . I do not know is it possible in England. In Germany, US, Russia, Italy, France doctors are doing. Could be in England as well. ... View more

ginette65 If it is yours decision then must be ok. I think for women after 60 - ties is not too bad without hormone theraphy. I know women who refused to surgery and chemo, and she is having hormone theraphy only. In one year her lump shrank from 5 cm to 0,5 cm. Although she is very old , but Tamoxifen anyway helps reduce her tumor. She is 80 years. ... View more

Yeh - it is silly in England - and if doctors are going over guidelines - then they are not covered of complains - that is the reasson why they are so strict. But sometimes pattient suffer of guidelines more then without. ... View more

At first, doctors adviced to take tamoxifen for 5 years , as this is the optimal duration of treatment for breast cancer and the optimal time for the side effects as an other cancer wich may caused by tamoxifen. But if liver check ups an vomb and ovaries check ups are good - then no vorries about another year on tamoxifen. Just need to keep eyes on this organs - that what my doctor said. However, she thinks that in any case much safer to remove the ovaries and uterus, and then use one of the anti-estrogens . Specially for women who have got the progesterone receptors as well . Because no one of medications is blocking the progesterone. Atsaukt labojumus Alpha ... View more

Keep going - think forward and you will faind the way how to get happy. Just a little bit and you will be over mountain. I have friend who is living with bone mets for years (at least 7 years). She faund her own way how to keep going because Good blessed her with daughter - not her own blood daughter but does no matter. She is happy and mets are how they are for long time. They did not grow any more. Sorry for language - Iam not English. ... View more

Are you sure you want recon in same time? I just had a shock of my friend - she has dicis and was done mastectomy with recon and after 7 days she get results no clean margins! The orgin lump was only 4mm! And even MRI did not show anything wrong. I still can't believe. ... View more

I do not know realy why... Have to ask doctor. I think they are just doing but never checked properly. ... View more