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Anxiety Plus
I was diagnosed last month with a 4cm tumour in right breast after having DCIS five years ago. A Mastectomy is booked in for 14/3. A month ago I was having a breast MRI when I had a sharp pain in my right rib. Since then I have had pain/heavy feeling in rib/chest area and struggled to get a deep breath which gets worse…
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Happy Easter
Best wishes to all as we enter the Easter holidays. A time to relax and enjoy and hopefully a welcome distraction from treatment. If travelling, safe travels Take care
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“This sucks”
Hi. This is a place I never thought I’d be posting in but thank you for allowing a safe space for me to just pour it out. I am 54 yrs and am now one week post op (partial mastectomy and nipple removal RHS, sentinel lymph node removal and bilateral breast reduction/reconstruction) having been diagnosed with high grade DCIS…
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BCNA welcomes pharmacy prescription changes for breast cancer medications
Six key breast cancer drugs are now more affordable thanks to 60-day prescribing. BCNA is pleased to confirm that six common types of hormone blocking therapies such as letrozole, anastrozole and tamoxifen, amongst others, are now able to be prescribed 60-days at a time, saving consumers time and money. “It is especially…
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Sweets
Happy Easter Everyone 🐣....Easter always reminds me of chemo...during my treatment i wasn't into anything sweet..but normally i would down a packet of biscuits in one sitting..did anyone else struggle with sweet things during treatment
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Today is @lilymax84 Birthday 🎁!!
Happy birthday to you dear @lilymax84 I hope that your day is a joyful relaxing one x
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Happy birthday dear @Isaidso
Wishing you a very happy birthday @Isaidso
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Coffee
After 4 rounds of AC and 4 of paclitaxel, coffee tastes like coffee again. In the unpredictable world of chemo side effects, I'm enjoying it while it lasts 😀
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Friday Update (On Thursday!) - 28th March 2024
Hi everyone, It's a Friday Update on a Thursday! I deliver you an early Friday update as the BCNA office will be closed over the Easter period (5:00pm tonight, and will re-open on Tuesday 2nd April at 9:00 am) . Remember the Online Network is always here to help and you can request the Helpline team to call you back when…
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Update
So updated info.... Clot was over 10 CMS from forearm to elbow. Have been started on blood thinners for rest of treatment and they are putting a pic line in so no more arm infusions..
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Emotional roller coaster
Hi All, Just joined and first post. This whole cancer thing scares the hell out of me. It happened so fast. Diagnosed in Dec 23 1st surgery on 19th for a wide local excision and lumpectomy to return again for margins on 19 th Jan 24. 3 nodes taken but only cancer in 1. started chemo late Feb have completed 2 rounds heading…
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An update on my situation
What happened previously... My doctor (GP) told me that I had breast cancer, then I saw the breast surgeon and she said it isn't cancer. I do not agree that I don't have breast cancer. I have Ductal Carcinoma In Situ and another possible carcinoma. I have an early form of breast cancer that requires treatment, and I'm…
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An unwanted "gift" for my 40th birthday
Hi everyone, In the middle of January, I felt a lump in my breast and went through the usual tests - mammogram and ultrasound, and then biopsies of both breasts. At the end of February, roughly two weeks before my 40th birthday, my doctor called me to come in straightaway and told me that I have DCIS in the right breast. I…
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Newly Diagnosed - Radiation Side Effects?
Moderator moved @WhiteLight discussion from activity section to 'Newly Diagnosed'
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Welcome New Members - 22nd March 2024
Hello and welcome to our newest members to recently joined the Online Network: @KateF @CozyCat @roroe @ukelele @Jenmcd @Aloraca @RosieB @asys10 @krystel @Nekosan @southernsun @rachosk64 @KoolieGirl @phoenixdreamtrap @HelpS @granny43 @Crispy @don_251 @lindaandchris @Ant @SARS @chargreen @littleangels7673 @lnorris You have…