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Merry xmas
Hi all you lovely people on the network. Just wanted to say thanks for being a great othrr family lets hope good health for us all.. Love to you all for xmas . Xxx sdean
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Quiet Xmas
The last 18 years has been hard for me at Xmas. It was always about the empty chairs. My Dad passed 18 years ago and Xmas never felt the same without him. But having little ones around helped. 8 years ago my Mum passed and so each Xmas for 6 years was very hard for me...my boys older...extended family moved away...very…
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Sleepless
Need some tips on sleepless nights before any procedure. The brain won't shut up. On what I have to do. And what I had planned prior.
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12 months on
Tomorrow is my anniversary. My anniversary of finding my breast lump. A day I will never forget...as I'm sure most of you remember vividly. It wasn't a feeling of...oh is that different? It was a definite obvious hardness just above my nipple. It didn't move. It wasn't soft. I knew the moment I felt it, it was cancer. So I…
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Diagnosis
Morning - we are all reminded every now and again how many are diagnosed with Breast Cancer. This week I have come to learn that two ladies from one of my community groups have recently been diagnosed. One is newly diagnosed and has had surgery on Thursday, awaiting pathology results and the other is a recurrence!…
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A New Trend ???
My brother went to a function where the proceeds went to breast cancer. Don't you love his fashion statement
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Yipee
Hey guys l dont have to have another treatment this year for my blood cancer. no treatment till 2017 yipee
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Welcome to the forum
Hi @lovelylady I see you wanted to post but were unsure so here is the start of a post for you :smile: sorry you had to join our forum but we are supportive and we all laugh and cry vent with each other on here.
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Bug tracking
Hi everyone. You've all just jumped in and are taking to this new forum like fish to water. Thank you for all the great feedback and also for reporting issues. We thought we'd keep you in loop on the known issues and how we're progressing. This post will be updated regularly. Platform issues* Links aren't underlined. So,…
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Admission forms signed and Recovery
Thursday I had my breast surgeon review and we planned my changeover from tissue expanders. Currently I have teardrop shaped tissue expanders in but the surgeon feels I would be better with round implants . ..the teardrop ones have given me quite a square appearance as having previous biggish boobs I have quite a bit of…
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Hip Hip Hooray! I had my last treatment today!!!!!!!
Well, I did it! Today I had my last Herceptin and finally finished 13 months of treatment. What a year! 3 surgeries; 4 rounds TC chemo; 17 rounds Herceptin; 30 sessions of radiation; 5 biopsies (incl 2 sentinel nodes); 8 CTs; 2 MRIs; 6 gated heart pool scans; 4 echocardiograms; 1 PET scan; 1 nuclear bone scan; 2…
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The Best Breast Cancer Blogs
@Daina_BCNA shared this great list with me and I thought I'd share it with you. These are the 19 Best Breast Cancer Blogs of 2016 as chosen and medically reviewed by Healthline, a US-based provider of health care information. It includes US, UK, and Canadian bloggers. So, I think we need to create our own list of the best…
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post chemo and genetic test
Hi all its been months since Ive been on this forum, never been one for social media but have decided to up date my progress for anyone else out there who might be interested. diagnosed in may with triple neg had a L mastectomy by choice instead of lumpectomy and radiation then chemo) no lymph node involvement and scans…
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Goodbye to all and thank you
dear ladies, I'm leaving the group and wish to thank all that's helped me in the last two years, especially Ann Marie who's made me feel so welcome. It's been a long journey and I've simply had enough. Breast cancer twice in 9 years and then waiting 2 years for the reconstruction that's just turned out to be devastating. I…
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New Facebook page for Triple Negative BC
Hi Ladies, just a quick note to let those with triple negative know a group of us have set up a moderated Facebook page. If you are interested in being part of healthy discussions feel free to search FB for Triple Negative Breast Cancer Australian Sisters and ask to join. This is a private group and one of the moderators…