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Mez_BCNA
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1 year ago
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melzzs Melbourne Member Posts: 13 ✭
Hi I am new to this site DCIS having a mastectomy on left breast 
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    melzzs Melbourne Member Posts: 13 ✭
    Hi thanks for contacting me, how are you going? ,,no date not as yet, I was at the hospital Friday for the MRI results but I worry having the mastectomy (left breast) plus reconstruction might be to long 
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    Stillstanding Melbourne Member Posts: 7 ✭
    Hi Melzzs I’m a newby also, but the more I explore the more I learn and the connection of others who really do understand the overwhelming feelings. Do you have a date for your operation? The waiting was hard but I look back and am great full that I had time to process the roller coaster of emotions. 
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