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Triple positive HER + grade 2A
Hi to everyone! I'm newly diagnosed with a grade 2A triple positive breast cancer, at age 40. So, from what I can understand (and I’m an experienced registered nurse… but not in the area of cancer) ...
nurserach
7 hours ago
318Views
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10Comments
Interoperative Radiation Therapy
Hello Everyone, I have just received my 2nd breast cancer diagnosis (in 2 years 🤔) And am scheduled for a lumpectomey mid march. This time around I am apparently a good canditate for IORT, which ...
TaraJ
15 hours ago
radiation
27Views
0likes
1Comment
Hormone Blockers Weight gain & GLP-1s
Hi Everyone, I am 53 yeards old and 3 years into hormone blockers and am managing (barely) all the side-effects except for one. Weight gain. I have always been fit and active and I am working out mo...
itsjustablip
15 hours ago
aromatase-inhibitors
hormone-therapy
side-effects
18Views
0likes
0Comments
Starting radiation
Hello all, I will be starting radiation tomorrow. I had a complete pathological response after 6 months of chemo and a double mastectomy with complete axillary node removal and DIEP recon. But since ...
M0nP
15 hours ago
mastectomy
radiation
side-effects
150Views
2likes
9Comments
Extensive DCIS with ITC
hi, I was diagnosed with high grade DCIS following a MRI late last year (showed as ~2.5cm), not picked up on US or mammogram. I had a lumpectomy, which didn't get clear margins at 7.5cm so based on t...
GC003
1 day ago
dcis
treatment decisions
120Views
0likes
7Comments
🌸 Friday Update – 20 Feb 26
2 MIN READ Hello everyone and welcome to Friday! I'm filling in for the Online Network content today, so I thought we’d wind things back to one of my classic Friday Updates - a gentle wrap‑up of what’s been h...
Mez_BCNA
2 days ago
advocacy
EARLY DETECTION
friday update
fundraising
lymphoedema
52Views
2likes
3Comments
🌿 Share Your Story for Lymphoedema Awareness Week – March 2–8 🌿
We’re looking for people in our Online Network community who have been diagnosed and are living with lymphoedema to share lived experience stories as part of Lymphoedema Awareness Week March 2 – 8. Y...
Mez_BCNA
2 days ago
lymphoedema
16Views
0likes
0Comments
🌱Wednesday Wellness - 18Feb26 - Mindfulness🌱
1 MIN READ Midweek can sometimes feel like a blur - meetings, messages, tasks, to‑dos and on top of that healthcare appointments, medications to remember and a family that still needs you. This Wednesday Wel...
Christina_BCNA
2 days ago
mindfulness
Wellness
28Views
3likes
2Comments
Will I be ok?
Will I be ok if I get a single mastectomy? I dont think emotionally I will cope. But I know i have to cope. Due to radiation I believe they dont do a reconstruction immediately. Im big breasted a...
kitkat5
3 days ago
mastectomy
173Views
1like
4Comments
Newly diagnosed and Menopause
Hello everyone, My name is Kate, and I recently turned 48. Just a few weeks ago, my world shifted dramatically when I was diagnosed with breast cancer. After discussing options with my doctor, I've ...
katesmom
3 days ago
menopause
premenopausal
386Views
1like
8Comments
Quietly Freaking Out - Lumpectomy in less than two weeks
Hi. Diagnosed mid October with invasive ducal breast cancer, early stage 2. Decided to have a lumpectomy followed by radiation. Surgery in two weeks and I probably should not have googled results when...
JodieMaree
3 days ago
269Views
0likes
9Comments
Not sure
I was diagnosed with invasive ductal BC stage 2 ER+PR a couple of weeks ago lymph nodes do not seem affected for now ( biopsy was negative). My breast are small and MRI showed ~4cm cancer. I was wond...
Betty123
3 days ago
breast reconstruction
invasive ductal carcinoma
lumpectomy
mastectomy
radiotherapy
158Views
0likes
8Comments
Diagnosed with Grade 1 DCIS and with pre-existing Cardio disease wish to do mastectomy
Looking for info and experience of people with both pre-existing Cardio disease and now diagnosed with Grade 1 DCIS, has gone ahead to successfully did a Mastectomy surgery? I am a public hospital ...
KCO
3 days ago
surgery
31Views
0likes
1Comment
Flying with a seroma
Hi peeps I have a seroma on my chest wall, following mastectomy with flat closure just over 12 months ago. The seroma has been drained multiple times but keeps coming back - the saga continues... ...
Daisymoo
3 days ago
post surgery
13Views
0likes
0Comments
Did you have a Mirena in place like me when diagnosed with breast cancer?
I was diagnosed with breast cancer 3.5 months ago and had a double mastectomy 3months ago. I am 44 years old. I started doing some research as a number of people I know with breast cancer who were yo...
YvetteM
5 days ago
clinical trials and research
young women
134Views
0likes
7Comments
🗣️ Consumer voice strengthens health education
1 MIN READ Recently, BCNA Consumer Representative Kate Keogh Murray took part in two interactive workshops at Monash University’s Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, where she spoke with medical, ...
Daina_BCNA
5 days ago
advocacy
education
Get involved
38Views
3likes
0Comments
Being flat chested :(
I have had my prothesis in ,firstly my right breast for 25 years, and then my left breast for 20 years . I so want to take them out. They have been in there a long time. And have helped me feel like...
annette
5 days ago
coping
132Views
1like
9Comments
Learnt some new. Re HPV
I have been informed that my cervical cancer removed by cone biopsy 37 years ago has come back to life but not in the cervix of all places I never imagined appeared as pre cancerous changes to part o...
cranky_granny
5 days ago
treatment decisions
200Views
1like
8Comments
Looking for Breast Surgeon recommendations on Mornington Peninsula
Recently diagnosed DCIS in right breast and now looking for breast surgeon on Mornington Peninsula, Vic. If anyone has any recommendations for surgeon in this area based on lived experience I’d be ve...
MelK
5 days ago
lumpectomy
mastectomy
31Views
0likes
1Comment
👋 Monday Mingle Meet & Greet - Welcome New Members Feb 9-15👋
Welcome to members who recently joined our online community in the past week! We hope you are connecting with others and finding support. MelK MelMc GC003 Soda56 miche Catta Moonhirl ch...
Astrida_BCNA
6 days ago
community
online-network
welcome
23Views
3likes
0Comments

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Newly diagnosed and Menopause

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Diagnosed with Grade 1 DCIS and with pre-existing Cardio disease wish to do mastectomy

Flying with a seroma

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