I have done several cases around breast cancer though more often with clients who had no major needs prior to the diagnosis /treatment.
On occasions these have been done under terminal rules ( as it is impossible to tell at the beginning if the client will survive though obviously most do) Clearly if awarded the client on recovery/recovery with side effects has to notify a change and often reduces to nikl or low.
One of my clients was refused any DLA which we had claimed under terminal rules- sadly she had died by the tribunal ( about a year later) we won- the chair made a comment about it being terminal as she was now dead though the evidence was much more solid and I think it was the chairs idea of a joke.
More often clients are left with side effects to the treatment, most commonly these are nerve problems and lymphodema swelling. Although I cant say they always get the benefit we most often get DLA low care for these cases the jump to middle care is rairly possible.
If the client has a second brush with breast cancer then it appears that the side effects are higher ( its almost as if the body remembers and reacts) we have gone up to middle care with these additional effects
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