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A Gift
Well this is my first blog. I was diagnosed in Dec 2013 with breast cancer. Had a mastectomy 9th Jan 2014. And was told on the 17th Jan that the cancer was in a lymph node. Bugger. All that was ok. I knew that this was something that the body wanted to express. Being in the high risk catagory with two terminal breast…
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Does anyone just fight for cancer alone?
Does anyone face breast cancer alone? No family support, not many close friends to share things with?
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Hi
Hi everyone, just a little note to say hello. I was diagnosed in October, having my lumpectomy done on the 25th and am now a week or so past the completion of 25 radiation rounds. My margins were clear and no lymnode involvement. I was lucky enough to excape chemo and am now working on possibly returning to work! The last…
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No hats!
I have changed my profile pic to show my hair growth at 4 weeks past chemo(1cm long so still technically bald!!)I am not wearing anything on my head any more,because I just got tired of it,and too hot!I know I am no spring chicken,but who cares.I have been out today,and no one really worries about it.I think it was me…
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Sharing good news
Hi girls I thought I'd put some positive out there and let you all know my tests I had Friday all showed no signs of recurrence. Relief again for another 12months. I hope you all get good positives if any of you are of for tests. Love and hugs to all adeanx
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3rd time cancer
I will be turning 60 next month in 199I at the age of 37 I was diagnosed with breast cancer. After having a lumpectomomy & 6 months chemo & 7 years on Tamoxafen. I was all clear for 20years then in 2011 I was diagnosed again with another cancer (in the same breast) which once again I had a lumpectomy & 6 weeks radi as the…
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Hometime
My op was on Thursday, and my surgeon had said about 3 days in hospital, so I was expecting to come home on Sat or Sunday. But on Friday nobody said anything about when that would be, just that they would see me again on Sat and see how I was. Friday night I asked the ward manager who said that with 100 mls in my drain…
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Happy new lunar year to all members of AWBC
Happy New Year and Happy new Lunar Year to all of you as we welcome in the Year of the Horse and greetings to all members of this little group also. I hope you have all been travelling well on this BC journey so far. Although it's not a journey anyone would take voluntarily or a particularly pleasant journey to take but if…
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Mum's Recent Breast Cancer Diagnosi
Hi everyone, I'm new here so apologies in advance if I am not very clear with things. On 23 December 2013 my 81 year old mother had confirmation she had breast cancer. The lump was felt the week before by her GP in a routine medical examination. Things have moved very rapidly since then. On 8 January she underwent a left…
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The Universe's Next Joke
Three years ago, around about this time, I was given my diagnosis of breast cancer. I ended up calling it my "Speed Bump", cause it was just a little hurdle in my journey of life. I finished my treatment 16/9/11 - the day of my birthday. This is the only thing I wanted for my birthday - to finish the treatment. Then, July…
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Back in the land of the living
I am now in my room. sentinel node apparently fine, so things are decidedly good. The surgeon kindly agreed to remove a 3cm fatty cyst on my right collarbone at the same time, which was great, means no need for a separate anaesthic and surgery to fix it. The mastectomy apparently went well, and as you have alltold me it is…
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Another Kind of Love Story
My analyst asked me if I have cried about this over the 7 days since diagnosis. I admitted that initially I wept quite a few times over the unfairness of it all, the sadness of feeling that I would soon be dying and my husband and adult kids will have to do without the supportI have loved giving them. But far more often,…
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Cruel Kids
I just had a knock at the door...no-one was there but a note had been left. It read...."Dear Mrs Mental, Leave our neighourhood. Nobody likes you." I had to shave my head 10 days ago because of chemo and should be able to walk around my house and yard as I wish! I know its ignorant teenagers( the writing style looks like a…
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Humour where needed
Hi ladies, hope you all had an enjoyable Christmas xx. Just had to share this with like minded people. I was cooking dinner 2 nights ago and someone comes to the door. Being Christmas time, my husband was home which in itself is unusual. Also having a door knocker is unusual. I hear my husband speaking to a young,…
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Just getting started
Just wanted to say "Hi!" I am a newbie,61yrs old, just had a lump ultrasounded and xrayed on Tuesday and the radiologist told me to get to my GP asap, and rang my GP herself. I have an IDC with associated DCIS, which looks like a fluffy lollypop.This was totally out of the blue. I am booked to see Peter Willsher tomorrow…