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triple negative
Hello to all you lovely ladies who have also been affected by a diagnosis of breast cancer. I am 57yo and had a routine mammogram recently which showed an area in one breast that looked abnormal. I cant feel a lump and neither can the Drs so its early stages. Biopsies done and a triple negative diagnosis confirmed last…
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Surgery decisions
@Sheeba original post copied from the activity section. I was diagnosed with stage 3 breast hormone positive breast cancer in august 2021. The surgeon said because of the size of my breasts in relation to the tumour, 4cm, I would need a mastectomy followed by chemotherapy and radiation or I could have chemotherapy first in…
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Should a 2 month wait in the public system from diagnosis to treatment be normal?
How can we consider a two month wait in the public system from diagnosis to treatment be considered normal. This is not what the BCNA are telling us is a normal wait! Even before COVID a two month wait was also taking place in many public hospitals. Why are we are we still putting up with this? We still have members…
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Newly diagnosed
@Vix1963 message moved from the activity section by BCNA moderator. Hi peeps Last 7 days been a whirlwind- HISTORY-24 years ago I had two lumpectomies ,one from each breast - both benign. Have had regular mammograms ever since EXCEPT 2020 when Andrews shutdown screening . So it was three years between my last mammogram and…
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Flight or fight
A little more about my journey. I was diagnosed with breast cancer prior to Christmas. Decided not to tell my Mum and Sister until after Christmas so Christmas wouldn’t be spoilt, had a great day so the I think although hard was the correct decision for me. Plus when I did tell them over a morning tea I had more…
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Newly diagnosed - starting chemo
Original post created by member @Louisehay in activity thread, moved by moderator to 'Newly diagnosed' discussion category:
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Cancer fatigue and body aches
Hi all, since I got diagnosed with triple negative bc I feel like I have no energy left in my body. I hope it’s just the shock as a couple of days before reality hit I was fine. No I always want to sit or lay down. On top of this I have lower back pain and my hips feel really odd, they said they came see any Mets in my…
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Fairly new diagnosis surgery questions
Hello :) Gosh its taken me a long time to make the decision to get myself here but finally after lurking around here I am!! I was diagnosed in October 2021 out of the blue as I am sure we all were and as we all know life gets turned on its head so fast. I wouldn't look at any of my scans or paperwork and basically didn't…
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Phyllodes Tumour
I have just had a lumpectomy for what was originally diagnosed as a Fibroadenoma. It was only when I went for my post surgery checkup with my surgeon that she said the pathology results came back as a Benign Phyllodes Tumour. She was upbeat and didn't have a lot to say about the tumour, just that it was benign and…
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Time span from diagnosis to treatment
Hi- need advice or reassurance please -Overdue BreastScreen Dec 22. -Received call from BreastScreen Jan to come in for further tests/ lump found. went to hospital and had two scans, 3D mammogram, ultrasound and 3 biopsies under ultrasound/local anaesthetic. -Called back 1 week later- confirmed invasive lobular Cancer Of L…
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Newly diagnosed and just started treatment
Hey everyone, my journey started approx 10 th Jan after having my third Covid jab and getting pain under my left arm. So as I do I start poking around and find an unusual lump (have lumpy breasts at best of times!!). I was incredibly lucky to get in to my gp on the Monday who moved heaven and earth to get mammogram and…
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Surgery, radio, sleep, and restless legs
This is a long shot, but just in case... I had a mastectomy and reconstruction in mid-December, and I'm almost halfway through radiation treatment. I've always had restless legs, and there's something about major surgeries that seems to make it flare up badly. I had an abdominal hernia/muscle separation repaired at the end…
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Alone ... finding a surgeon
On the day I was given my biopsy results I was on my own. Apparently, it was the first day in 2022 that patients were allowed a support person when receiving pathology results ....but noone told me. All the signs at Breast Screen Vic stated that support people were asked to wait outside due to Covid. With it being really…
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Sentinel lymph nodes removed - Chemo & Radiation treatment
I have my first appointment with Oncologist next week and I'm writing down any questions that pop into my hear and seeking useful tips from others who can offer suggestions for what helped during day of treatment and what to have at home to help get through the not so good days please.
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Metaplastic tumour - anyone else out there?
Hi everyone, 5 years ago I had a very small triple negative lump removed (<4mm) lymph nodes and margins clear and the lumpectomy was followed by radiation. Fast forward to my annual scans last November and they showed a new lump in approx the same position as the last. A core biopsy showed a lump that did appear cancerous…