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26 and freaking.
Hey ladies. About three years ago I found a lump in my right breast. Had an ultrasound and it came back as a fibroademona and no one was concerned. I’ve had it scanned yearly since and just last week got the okay to move to two yearly + scans. A few days ago I was in the bathroom and when drying my hair I noticed an indent…
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Travelling with a prosthesis
Hi all, At the risk of sounding silly...... I am going to Europe in February, and am wondering whether my breast prosthesis (silicone) will set off any alarms or alerts when going through customs, more specifically if I have to go through one of those full body scanner things. Shoould I get a letter from the doctor to…
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Painful mammogram and now recall for suspicious lump
Hi there, I'm not sure where to put this as I haven't as yet been diagnosed, but I'm terribly anxious and feeling very alone. I had a mammogram a week ago and still feeling very painful from it. Tingling in breasts and feeling hot in the chest. After I had it I did a bit more reading up and feel like I should have just…
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cancer in nodes.
morning all, I was diagnosed with invasive carcinoma 5 weeks ago, with apparent no spread to nodes, and the plans were for a double mastectomy with diep recon. They wanted to double check that the cancer hadn’t spread to the nodes and I had a biopsy on Tuesday. 4 nodes removed and found that cancer had spread. Plans are…
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Logon problems
Anyone having issues with logging on to the network on Android? I went to check out the forum today on my phone, only to find I wasn't signed in and couldn't sign in. I'm not getting an error message - it all appears to be going okay when I submit but it doesn't actually do anything - I'm still not logged on. No problems…
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Email
hi all, I have a quick question, how do I change my email address on my profile? I go into edit prof8le but it won’t let me change it any help gratefully appreciated thank you in advance 😃😃
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Bras
Bonds outlets are having a huge sale. I picked up these surgical bras, the top bra for only $34 and the bottom bra was in the clearance bin for only $9. Both are Berlei.
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Nerlynx for Her2 + early stage breast cancer
That is great news about Nerlynx. I finished Herceptin in Jan 2018 - a bit over 12 months ago. I have read that to be eligible for Nerlynx you have had to have had Herceptin in the last 12 months. I know this is a new drug but has anyone heard whether survivors like myself who are a couple of months out of that 12 month…
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Heal on Netflix
just watched heal on Netflix,about mind body connections and healing,I purchased a couple of books written by doctors on the documentary and have found them very interesting,especially radical Remission, just wondering if anyone else has watched and what they thought, made me think differently about complimentary therapy’s.
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Gold Coast support group
I have travelled up to the Gold Coast from Melbourne to be with my immediate family whilst undergoing radiotherapy. This finished last week, yay, and will be here for a few weeks recovering. I would like to meet and connect with others who have gone through treatment as I'd like to make some new friends whilst I am here.
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Wig and hair accessories for sale??
Hi everyone, I'm just wondering if there is a thread or category on here where you can post items for sale? Thanks in advance, Rachael.
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Blessed breast!
I am sitting here feeling like a breast cancer fraud. No pain, very little fuss, and it looks like no chemo. Whaaaat? I hear you say, but it's true. I have a blessed breast! I had a tiny little cancer, 9.6mm. It was HER2 negative, oestrogen positive. So I'll have to have radio therapy, in about 6 weeks, and some hormone…
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Newly Diagnosed and overwhelmed
I have my treatment plan in place and im full of anxiety over it, i no so far its contained and it hasnt spread to organs, going for bone scan this week, mri and to have a clip put in. Petrified of Chemotherapy and how it will effect me. If anyone could calm my nerves i would love to chat
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My article
Hello ladies, I am presenting at my professions international conference in Adelaide later this month so they decided to do a lead up article. I thought I would share. Sorry the photo is on it's side and I look terrible in the photo!
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Cutting your hair after scalp cooling
Hi Ladies, I'm having my last scalp cooling soon and I'm just wondering how long you would wait before having a trim. I've been shedding throughout with breakage here and there but still have shoulder length hair. Would love some advice? Lissie.