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Is there a 'waiting on results' section? If not, this is re 'calcifications' on mammo high risk.
Hi everyone, I feel like I'm 'jumping the gun' here in 'newly diagnosed'. Could have sworn I saw a 'waiting on results' area but maybe I'm confusing my searches. I am considered high-risk and have been attending the highrisk clinic for approx. 15 years. This year, they called me back into the mammo room and asked to take…
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Told today mastectomy of my right breast
Shall I say that I'm scared, that's a given
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new diagnosis
Hi i have been diagnosed with DCIS high grade 43 mm in late august this year. Innitially the plan was mastectomy and reconstruction straight away using the tram flap procedure. I have had many appointments with plastics and breast surgeon thinking that this is moving quite quickly. I was told last week that the surgeons…
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Cancer Type
I have just found out that my breast cancer is HER2 negative grade 3. I am waiting to see oncologist to see what treatment will be. My surgeon said I will have chemo first then radiation therapy. I would love to know if there are any other ladies in the group that have a similar diagnosis as myself. I am very nervous about…
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Confussed and scared
Hello to all. I am new to this . I was diagnosed on Friday the 31st August with breast cancer. My story is as follows, In May I got a bad case of shingles which was on my left side of back went around under my arm and over my left breast. This was very painful. Rash cleared up but was left with bad nerve pain. So from May…
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Mastectomy 42 triple negative diagnosis
Hi everyone I was diagnosed on the 3rd of August I live in the south west of WA.First up I think you ladies are amazing and so very supportive. I am a 42 yr old sole parent with a 15 and 18 yr old son,previously always a working mumma. My eldest son has Bi Polar type 1 and my my 21 yr marriage broke down in Oct 2016,life…
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Chemo and Guillain Barre Syndrome and r there any groups on Sunshine Coast, Coolum to Noosa Region?
Hi, I was only diagnosed with Breast cancer on 1 Aug and had a mastectomy plus 2 lymph nodes on 10 Aug with a further op on 16th to remove 15 more lymph nodes. Was diagnosed with Gr 3 multi focal DCIS, 5 tumours, largest 22mm in a cluster. total area 6 cm. Initially tested as triple negative but retesting shows 20%…
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Diagnosed IDC...
This discussion was created from comments split from: Newly Diagnosed.
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One more sleep until the diagnosis
Last Friday I felt a lump. After being knocked back by two busy surgeries I got into see a male Dr (by that time I didn’t care), he brought a nurse in and basically said, “this is not a cyst”. I got a referral to the country hospital and by the afternoon I was waiting with a friend for an ultrasound (my mother was on her…
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Here Goes
Hello. My name is Jenny and I live on the NSW/Vic Border. I have gone to post in here a couple of times but backed out. Denial maybe? On Wednesday I was officially given the diagnosis of BC. I have had a large lump for around a year but I have 26JJ sized breasts and the lump is down along where the bra wire sits. I put it…
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Hello
Hello, what a great group this is. I’ve been reading posts since my her2 positive diagnosis and thought it was time to join in. I’m recently diagnosed and I will be having chemo every 3 weeks for six months, followed by radiation and then I’ve opted for a double mastectomy with reconstruction. I’m not cranky, just scared,…
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Hi everyone, I too am newly diagnosed
This discussion was created from comments split from: Confussed and scared.
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Cycle 1 done
having a mini break (ha ha ha) in hospital for cycle 1. Admitted Tuesday for port insertion (I wish they'd work out how anxious they make not running on time). Arrive to be admitted no paperwork! Thank god I had my clinic email phone calls while they hunt down the necessary then hurry up and wait, finally get to procedure…
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Waiting for chemo!!
Hi Everyone, I am new to this network. My name is Debbie and I was diagnosed with Invasive ductal carcinoma, grade 2, HER positive amplified, oestrogen and progesterone receptor positive, tumour 23mm, on 5th July, so after a life changing shock, out of the blue as no symptoms, at 51 went for my first ever mammogram. Thank…
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Pillow Talk
Hi, I am fairly new to BCNA. I was diagnosed in late July with a BRCA1 mutation, had my first ever mammogram and U/S which showed a mass on the U/S but not the mammogram, had a needle biopsy which confirmed IDC and adjacent DCIS in my L breast. MRI showed some more suspect areas of potential DCIS in both breasts. After a…