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Feeling overwhelmed
Hi everyone,
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Prosthesis give away
Hi lovelies, I am not doing breast reconstruction after double mastectomy. Looking for any give aways. I wear a size 3 or 4 for bra size 12B. I am not on Medicare because I am on a temporary resident work visa but on private health insurance Bupa who does not cover any reimbursement or refund for the prosthesis. I live in…
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Saying Hi
I was diagnosed in February with 4cm Er+Pr+ tumour in my left breast, it was a weird shape with a smaller mass but these longer spikes that make it such as larger circumference. I live in the inner west of Sydney. It took quiet a while for my treatment to get organised and I had surgery, a wide local excision in April and…
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Pre lumpectomy meeting with surgeo. What happens?
Hi All I am just working myself up into a mess over what happens at my first surgical review pre lumpectomy? Anyone have advice on what the routine us, please?
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66-year old male with triple-positive breast cancer - still working
Hi, I was diagnosed with triple-positive breast cancer in April 2021. Had a mastectomy and axillary lymph node clearance in May 2021 by Dr Di Hastrich at the Mount Hospital in Perth. Will start a TCH chemo regimen in May 2021under the guidance of Dr Albert Gan. I started in a new job at Arc Infrastructure in March 2021. My…
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Thank you
Hi everyone, just wanted to say thank you all. This community is amazing and I'm so grateful to have stumbled across this site. I'm newly diagnosed (4th June 2021) with invasive lobular carcinoma. Several lumps in my right breast and I'll need a mastectomy. Like everyone else at this stage I'm overwhelmed, terrified, in…
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Overwhelmed
I have just been diagnosed a few weeks ago and will undergo a mastectomy and breast reconstruction later this week. At times it feels so surreal and then there is a sudden sense of feeling so overwhelmed and it is so all consuming. Then find myself trying to keep "busy" and maybe that is my way of avoiding confronting the…
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Despair
Hello. Have had surgery and will start radiotherapy on the 19th June and estrogen blocker for 5 years. Had Asperger's Syndrome and depression already. I'm 53 and after an horrendous life filled with cruelty I thought I would get through this easily as it is not the worst thing that has happened to me. No. I am numb, have…
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Triple Positive
Hi, Just wondering if anyone out there is triple positive. I'm triple positive and HER2 positive. I was diagnosed in January, have had surgery now currently doing chemo. I have read various articles on triple positive being an aggressive cancer and with HER2 Positive a high reoccurrence rate. My pathology reports state ER…
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Single or double mastectomy?
On the 27th of March this year I was manning a stand at the Every Woman Expo. Our stand was right next to the breast screen truck. I’m 46 years old, no family history and had been told in a health assessment I didn’t need to start having mammos until I was 50. I work with nurses who were there and a couple of us decided to…
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Post surgery
I had my lumpectomy on Friday, after surgery I was very breathless and coughing , they said the breathing tube had aggravated my asthma. Since I got discharged my chest feels heavy, and I’m sore in the diaphragm Ike I’ve done 500 sit ups. Post op care suggestions to improve as I m feeling a bit faint and dizzy.
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Mri hookwire
Today I head for my MRI hookwire then to surgery. What can I expect?
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Weight loss
Hi. I am newly diagnosed with stage 1 BC at the age of 50 (ER+/PR+, HER2-) I had a lumpectomy on 28/4 and am now waiting for radiation and will be on Tamoxifen post radiation. Since I’ve been diagnosed (on 21/4) I’ve lost 2 kgs due to stress & loss of appetite. I’ve now been able to eat but my weight is still the same. I…
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First consultation for DCIS - private or public?
I was diagnosed a few weeks ago with low-grade DCIS, showing up in 2 clusters of microcalcifications on my right friedegg. All quite sudden given I'm 42 and was expecting to be chased away from BreastScreen NSW telling me it was cysts, which has happened to me previously. Instead, I got the works (mammo, ultrasound, biopsy…
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Tamoxifen and breast pain
I am new to the club. Loving the community here . I Had a partly mastectomy plus 3 nodes off on 29/3/21, my week 6 after surgery and waiting for Oncotype result before next treatment as my ki67 was 25%. Oncologist wanted to know if I will be benefit from chemotherapy but I have to wait for another 2.5 weeks and can’t start…