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Cancer >> Breast Cancer in women >> Women Under 30 >> Interview 15 >> Describes changes in taste during chemotherapy.

Diagnosed with breast cancer in 2000. Had a bilateral mastectomy and was given chemotherapy, radiotherapy, drugs for secondary cancer. Died in June 2001.

Cancer >> Breast Cancer in women >> Women 50 - 69 >> Ingrid - Interview 48 >> Ingrid had severe diarrhoea and felt exhausted. Her experience was complicated by other health problems. She found it difficult to know what to eat be

Ingrid was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2008, aged 58. She had a mastectomy with immediate LD flap reconstruction. She also had chemotherapy, radiotherapy and Arimidex. During chemotherapy, Ingrid had a bi-lateral pulmonary embolism.

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