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There and Back Again
Hi All. Swings and Roundabouts. The lumpectomy was almost a month ago. Two weeks ago I went back down to Perth for the results. Good news - the 2 lymph nodes removed were clear. So no radiation treatment. Bad news - The wide margin wasn’t wide enough. There is still a couple of mm of cancerous tissue left. I’m small…
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Newbie
Hi, Not really sure what to write but here goes. I have Grade 3 breast cancer and triple neg. I have had the surgery on 10th Sept. Been told i will need AC & T chemo. Having a PET scan and all sorts of other treatments. Still waiting to find out the date for chemo to start. I have started to realize this is not a joke. And…
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Oncotype DX
Hi. I was diagnosed with an unusual mucinous BC late October 2019. Two surgeries, the second re-excision and SLNB early November. It's now December. Initially told it's Stage 2A (T2 N0 M0) but now my case will be reviewed because the oncologist thinks the tumour in the axilla might actually be a lymph node and not breast…
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diagnosed 05/08
Actually not sure of diagnostic date - that was when I was told after being recalled for a repeat mammogram which showed indications of BC, followed by ultrasound, palpation by a ?surgeon, who told me that it "doesn't look good" then a needle biopsy (on the 29th July) ... the path results say that I have invasive carcinoma…
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TNBC & INVASIVE PLEOMORPHIC LOBULAR CARCINOMA
Hi, Back again after 6 years clear. TNBC 2013/2014 right breast. Surgery, chemo & rads. Rediagnosed early Sept...surgery 11th sept-results say another cancer found. Surgery again 18th -Now TNBC & Invasive Pleomorphic Lobular Carcinoma & DCIS in the left breast. Have any of you ladies been diagnosed with 2 types of…
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Diagnosed 2 Days Ago
Hi Everyone, I was diagnosed with breast cancer on Wednesday. I found the lump 3 weeks ago and saw my doctor straight away so it’s been stressful waiting for the results. My Auntie made a full recovery from dcis 17 years ago so I am not scared or worried. I have my CT scan in 3 days (Monday) and will get my results On…
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Stop the ride...going too fast
I found the lump on Saturday15th August. They kept saying cyst. By Thursday I was told over the phone buying a box off nappies it was cancer. The bad news kept coming from there. It was triple negative. It was grade 3. It looks to be the Angelina Jolie gene one. I had 2 surgeries last Tue and Thurs (lucky I found it early…
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Triple negative breast cancer
Hi, I’m 34 and just been diagnosed with Triple-negative breast cancer. It hit me hard as I have 2 small children 3 and 9 months and had to stop breast feeding instantly and have a lumpectomy n sentinel node resection. I’m very thankful I’m stage 1, so far lymph nodes r clear but get final results next week. Was a grade 3…
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Pet scan found positive lymph node
Hi all, I just had all my pre chemo scans, all clear except PET scan found another positive lymph node. 6mm. I had 6 nodes removed with my lumpectomy 2 weeks ago and 2 came up positive and 4 were clear, but it seems there was another positive node left there. Has anyone else had experience with this? I start chemo…
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Metastatic de novo diagnosed 20 July
Hello, I was diagnosed on 20 July with grade 2 stage 4 De novo BC. As many of the ladies on this forum have mentioned regarding their own experiences , it’s been a wild roller coaster ride. The diagnosis of BC was confronting in itself, to find out it had already spread to my hip, well I was just gobsmacked. I’m 58 and…
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Help on mepitel film
Hello lovely ladies 🙂. I was wondering if someone could give me some info about Mepitel film. My oncologist said she doesn’t usually use it and they didn’t have any, so I ordered it myself. I got 10x7.5cm films. Today was my first session, and when I pulled the films out, the other onco and his helper didn’t have a clue…
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Change in Needle Core Biopsy Site
Hi All, I had a needle core biopsy 9 days ago. Haven’t had much discomfort but my breast is a bit achy this morning and the lump is bigger. I’m hoping this is normal. I made the mistake of googling and opened up a Pandora’s box of nightmares! 😬 Anyone with similar symptoms? Thanks xxx
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How do you decide on treatment?
Hi, this is soo not a me thing to do - I'm basically a very private person and struggle to ask for help, but I was filling in some sleepless hours reading some posts and decided I should bite the bullet... I was diagnosed late May initially ER/PR+ HER2- grade 2 from biopsy, so suggested treatment was BCS followed by…
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Newly diagnosed - Triple Negative Treatment
Hi everyone, I was diagnosed with Grade 3 IDC - TNBC 3 weeks ago and had surgery to remove it last week. I have been worried about the TNBC part of my diagnosis. I would like to believe that I have been extremely lucky to have caught it very early and found the 12mm tumour quickly. Some of my results from surgery came back…
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Any tips on removing fiximol post surgery 😖
Hi, I’m a 56 yr old mum of 2 boys and I was diagnosed with early stage breast cancer on the 18th June on a routine mammogram.i had a lumpectomy and sentinel node biopsy on the 13th July and see the surgeon this Thursday for my results and the next stage of my journey. I think because I lost my Mum suddenly on the 26th…