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Unsure
Hello it's been just a long process already and still yet to start treatments. I was diagnosed on the 15th of August. Scan said 2cm mixed duct. Had a lumpectomy on the 5th of Sept and just got my results. The cancer turned out to be 7cm grade 2 and I'm ER/PR + HER2 - my K67 is 30% not in nodes and clear margins. But I have…
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Gold Coast Doctor recommendation
can anyone urgently send me details of a GP who is familiar with post treatment breast cancer management? Please send details to joyousr@**** I AM DESPERATE I can’t find one and it is causing me great stress as I recently moved here from NSW and have no support
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(Hopefully) At the end of my journey
Hi everyone. I have been reading all your posts (thank you) and never wrote anything myself until now. I was diagnosed with a pretty small but aggressive tumour last June, and pretty quickly moved to a lumpectomy, then 4 dense doses of AC chemo, followed by a planned 12 weeks of Taxol (I only got to 8 due to peripheral…
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Writing to express yourself
Hello there, Has anyone else felt the urge to write or be creative to express how you are feeling about your diagnosis/ treatment? If so, what do you do with your pieces? I wrote a poem about chemotherapy, and I don't know what to do with it. All I can think of is to share it here. So here it is: Chemo sucks balls – A Poem…
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What to expect when coming off tamoxifen - your experience?
In a few months time I come off the hormone blocking drug, tamoxifen, which I'll have been on for ten years. What withdrawal symptoms can I expect to feel and how long may they last before returning to 'normal'? I ask because a few years ago, I forgot my drugs while on holiday, and didn't have it for a couple of weeks and…
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Anyone on the EXPERT trial? New here :)
Not a club anyone wants to join but here we are...
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BCNA requesting your help with our 2019 Christmas Appeal
Hello everyone, We are looking for your help with our 2019 Christmas appeal. For those newly diagnosed with breast cancer the holiday season can be full of uncertainty and isolation. That's why BCNA is there, to support all Australians affected by breast cancer, no matter the time of year. We are looking for two stories…
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Oncologist visit
Hi everyone, well today was my visit to oncologist for two months, I'm taking kisqali and letrozole and my results were great and she told me everything was stable I'm so pleased everything is doing what's it's suppose to be doing. Enjoy your day everyone I know I will be now 🙂🙂
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Talking about new diagnosis, treatment
I was diagnosed on 5/8 and am waiting for a date for surgery. So much is unknown about treatment until my pathology results come back. I have an amazing family and friends but am struggling to talk with them as this makes ‘it’ real. They just want to support me and are respecting my need to talk only when I feel like it.…
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Starting retirement with a bang/crashSo here I am
Hi everyone. Firstly, what a lovely group this is. It has really helped me already <3 I retired early May ,and had a beautiful trip with my husband to celebrate. “What are you going to do now?” said almost everyone. Well, I was going to do all the things in my life I had never had to time for!!! So many things!!! Lucky…
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Saying no
So I have a conundrum.... I am in constant lingo between saying no to people/situations and then feeling terrible guilt about it! I’m trying to follow advice in regards to making this time about me and my healing but then I feel I’m spending more time feeling like I’m letting people down and feeling selfish...anyone feel…
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Friends
Evening lovelies, I have been having a hard time lately with being empathetic with my friends and family over, what seems to me, such trivial problems. I understand everything is relative to whats going on in everyone’s world but I feel that this is causing a rift in between mine and my family and friends relationships and…
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Diagnosed 2 days ago
From @Caroline71 Hi Everyone I am new to the site, just turned 48 and only diagnosed 2 days ago with stage 3 invasive breast cancer.It has spread to my lymph nodes and the muscles in my chest and I still have to have scans to see if it has gone to other organs. I am utterly devastated as I only had a scan in December and…
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New To BCNA
Hello Everyone, My name is Gavin and my wife (Karen) was recently advised she had BC (March 9th), I’ve been a rock for her and our two kids at home (we’re in our 50’s) and have advised my girls living at home that I’m there for their mums journey and will be her biggest support person, I’ve done a bit of reading over the…