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Reluctant about mastectomy
This is awesome that a supportive community like this is available. My mum was recently diagnosed with breast cancer. She has had an initial lumpectomy and now requiring a mastectomy. She's strugglin...
constance
4 minutes ago
lumpectomy
lymph nodes
mastectomy
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🌱Wednesday Wellness - 12Nov25🌱
Ola online community! Can you believe we are just 6 short weeks out from Christmas this year??? 🎄 Who else can already hear the jingle bells 🔔 The busy weeks coming up can be a particularly ...
Christina_BCNA
18 hours ago
Wellness
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Thursday Girls - a weekly Metastatic support group in Melbourne ...
l've just received a BC newsletter that includes information on the Thursday Girls in Melbourne - Thursday Girls provides a safe supportive space for members (and their partners) who are dealing with...
arpie
18 hours ago
metastases
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How to cope
Hi I was diagnosed with metastatic breastcancer ER positive in late January. I get injections every month for hormones and take a tablet everyday. I am on Letrozole, gosserelin and denosumab. I was...
akaye76
24 hours ago
hormone therapies
metastases
169Views
1like
6Comments
Guilt
Thanks to BCNA and the forum contributors (my new friends). I was diagnosed with IDC this week at 49 and have been 'battling' my emotions rather than sitting into them. That stops now. A couple of f...
ZarraTheStaffy
24 hours ago
emotions
family
invasive ductal carcinoma
support groups
106Views
1like
10Comments
Radiotherapy after mastectomy for DCIS
Hi there, I had a mastectomy in September this year for intermediate grade DCIS, 38mm. When the histology came back it showed no margin to the skin, and only a 0.3mm margin to the chest wall. I was...
MJRScully
2 days ago
dcis
POSITIVE MARGINS
radiation
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2Comments
DIEP reconstruction or going flat
Good morning, I'm new to this site and I'm so glad I was referred to it. I've been diagnosed with HER2 positive last week and need to have a complete mastectomy on my left breast. Everything is mov...
judith0861
2 days ago
breast reconstruction
her2
mastectomy
51Views
0likes
4Comments
Axilla and bilateral therapeutic mammoplasty surgery
Hi everyone. A newbie to this site and find this content of great comfort and assistance - thank you all. I had this surgery 2.5 weeks ago and still in a fair amount of discomfort. Bruising and swell...
FeelingGood2025
2 days ago
post-surgery
Reconstruction
54Views
1like
4Comments
📊 The numbers are out.
1 MIN READ Australia continues to lead globally in breast cancer survival rates. The latest 2025 data reveals: ❣️ Five-year survival has risen to 93% (up from 75% in 1987–1991). ❣️ In 2025, around 20,336 pe...
Christina_BCNA
2 days ago
advocacy
news
support
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3likes
0Comments
📊 The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) has released 2025 breast cancer statistics.
Australia continues to lead globally in breast cancer survival rates. The latest 2025 data reveals: ❣️ Five-year survival has risen to 93% (up from 75% in 1987–1991). ❣️ In 2025, around ...
Christina_BCNA
2 days ago
advocacy
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0Comments
❓ Are More Young Women Being Diagnosed with Breast Cancer?
💡 Did you know? Breast cancer is now the most common cause of cancer death in women aged 20–39. Around three women under 40 are diagnosed with breast cancer every day in Australia. The five-...
Christina_BCNA
3 days ago
young women
18Views
1like
0Comments
👋 Monday Mingle Meet & Greet - Welcome New Members Nov 3-9 👋
Welcome to members who recently joined our online community in the past week! We hope you are connecting with others and finding support. VioletMabel MJRScully Dudley Squaw1967 oliverholl...
Christina_BCNA
3 days ago
welcome
31Views
1like
0Comments
Scalp Cooling - long curly hair
Hi all, I started TC (docataxel/ cyclophosphamide) two weeks ago and had the scalp cooling PAXMAN. My hair is naturally curly and long, just past the shoulders. On day 15 post first chemo half of ...
Robynredbreast
3 days ago
cold-cap
PAXMAN
100Views
0likes
7Comments
🚌 Have you seen our latest awareness campaign bringing a bright splash of colour to the streets of Melbourne?
1 MIN READ Together, we’ve launched two specially wrapped SkyBuses to help raise awareness about breast cancer self checking across Melbourne and beyond. The wrap features Jess Pearce, a nurse and mum who was d...
Christina_BCNA
6 days ago
awareness
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1like
0Comments
📣 Share your views: All.Can Patient & Carer Experience Survey
All.Can Australia is conducting a survey that seeks to collect perspectives of Australians who have experienced any type and stage of cancer, as well as their caregivers, to identify key gaps in canc...
Christina_BCNA
7 days ago
carers
survey
22Views
2likes
1Comment
Lymph node visibility in imaging
Hello, I've been reading these forums for a few weeks and finding them very helpful - thank you to all that share their knowledge. I'm trying to understand more about lymph nodes and imaging. ...
Moomincorn
7 days ago
imaging
lymph nodes
201Views
1like
18Comments
📣 Share your views: All.Can Patient & Carer Experience Survey
All.Can Australia is conducting a survey that seeks to collect perspectives of Australians who have experienced any type and stage of cancer, as well as their caregivers, to identify key gaps in canc...
Christina_BCNA
7 days ago
cancer
survey
7Views
0likes
0Comments
Friday Funnies
So in an effort to begin the weekend with a smile I thought I'd post a picture of something I saw in an antique shop recently. Never mind about all the rest, when is THIS going to be listed on the ...
kmakm
8 days ago
alternative-therapies
emotions
hormone-therapy
tamoxifen
61KViews
13likes
2193Comments
🌱 Wednesday Wellness - 05Nov25 🌱
With all the busy-ness of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and the launch of the incredible Know yourself, feel yourself awareness campaign in Bondi, it's been a little while since we did a Wednes...
Christina_BCNA
8 days ago
awareness
story
support
22Views
1like
0Comments
🏃TREK4BCNA🏃 - Who here has a case of the Trekking bug?!
Take on the adventure of a lifetime! You’re invited to join BCNA community ambassador Kristal in the TREK4BCNA to Mount Kilimanjaro this February. Whether it’s a chance to challenge yours...
Christina_BCNA
8 days ago
event
29Views
1like
0Comments

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Reluctant about mastectomy

🌱Wednesday Wellness - 12Nov25🌱

Thursday Girls - a weekly Metastatic support group in Melbourne ...

How to cope

Guilt

Radiotherapy after mastectomy for DCIS

DIEP reconstruction or going flat

Axilla and bilateral therapeutic mammoplasty surgery

📊 The numbers are out.

📊 The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) has released 2025 breast cancer statistics.

❓ Are More Young Women Being Diagnosed with Breast Cancer?

👋 Monday Mingle Meet & Greet - Welcome New Members Nov 3-9 👋

Scalp Cooling - long curly hair

🚌 Have you seen our latest awareness campaign bringing a bright splash of colour to the streets of Melbourne?

📣 Share your views: All.Can Patient & Carer Experience Survey

Lymph node visibility in imaging

📣 Share your views: All.Can Patient & Carer Experience Survey

Friday Funnies

🌱 Wednesday Wellness - 05Nov25 🌱

🏃TREK4BCNA🏃 - Who here has a case of the Trekking bug?!

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