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New here
Hi, I have just been diagnosed with early breast cancer. I have learned so far that it is very treatable but at this stage do not know what that treatment will look like. I had two different types of invasive breast cancer, one being invasive ductal carcinoma and the other invasive lobular carcinoma. It stated that they…
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Treatments
Thank you to the lovely women who responded to my very first post. I am overwhelmed with the kindness and support given to me. I went to bed last night feeling so much more positive and uplifted! I've never been on a forum before and I'm so glad I found it; though I'm still trying to navigate my way around (a bit of a…
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Logistics of treatment
I was diagnosed with invasive breast cancer a few months ago (ER positive, PR positive & HER2 positive) and am struggling to move forward with any of the treatment options offered to me. One of the reasons is logistics as I live in a remote part of QLD. My nearest hospital (2hr drive) doesn’t offer cold cap treatment and…
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genetics
Hi all, I had BC in my family, dads side, grandma at 77 and Aunt at 51, so was having mammograms since turning 40, which this managed to grow in between. GP, Surgeon, and oncologist, seem very quick to dismiss a family link, saying they were old, when I put my sister 43 into the risk assessment tools, and now add me as her…
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First chemo
I think I must be a wimp or something, but I had a few okay days after chemo, and now it day 5 and I can hardly keep awake. I have no energy and have slept for most of the last 48 hours, I had all these plans of going out for a walk each day but I can’t get keep my eyes open, I can’t get my head around how I can be a mum,…
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Treatments
Hello everyone, I have just joined this forum. I am 67 years old and I was diagnosed with Stage 3 19mm TNBC late November 2017. I had a lumpectomy and 3 sentinel nodes removed. Two out of three had cancer deposits so I then had an ancillary clearance where another two out of 22 nodes had small deposits of cancer. I am…
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DCIS undetected by mammogram
Hi everyone thanks for providing such an amazing support network. I’ve spent a few days looking through the posts to try and make sense of what is going to happen to me over the next few months/years. I’m freaking out a bit to be honest. A couple of weeks before Christmas I went for my annual mammogram and a grade 1…
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Feeling very confused on treatment
Hi all. Have been diagnosed two weeks ago. Booked in for surgery on the 16th jan for double mastectomy but very unsure if to have reconstruction or not. This is obviously depending on the results as well and if it has travelled to other areas or still in the breast area. I have organised for pet scan this week not through…
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Focal thin walled lymphovascular invasion
Hi everyone New here....been lurking on the sidelines for a few weeks having been diagnosed in October with early stage breast cancer (Luminal A). There is an aspect of my post lumpectomy pathology that continues too gnaw away at me ....over and above the whole cancer thing that is! It was the finding that there was "Focal…
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New member to the B.C Club
Hi all, I have been stalking this page for last few days and am in awe of all the amazing women on here and the sage advice you are all able to share. My story so far - l am 42 and mother to 3. I found a lump in my right breast 2 weeks ago. My G.P referred me for a mammogram and ultrasound and after reviewing sent me to my…
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Results what does this mean
i just got these results what does this mean high grade carcinoma and possible LCIS
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New to this group
Hi. I'm a new member, I never thought I would be joining a group like this, but hey, here I am. I am 48 with three children aged 8, 10 and 12. I was diagnosed late October and have had three surgeries since, the most recent being a mastectomy on the 5th of December. It sucks, but I'm doing pretty good. I'm seeing an…
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Diagnosed with DCIS I have implants
what will happen to me
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Questions to ask / unknown
I just turned 50 and had my first routine mammogram . I got a call back they'd noticed a cluster of microcalcifications. Had more mammograms and ultrasound and they decided to do a vacuum assisted core biopsy (at the public breast clinic) during a 5hr appointment. I apparently have very dense breast. Nine days latter I…
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Newly diagnosed; Treatment order advice
i have seen my surgeon yesterday, apparently I have to have all three; surgery, chemo and radio; it’s just the Order.... i can have chemo first to try to shrink very large tumour then surgery, as if I have surgery first it has to be a masectomy; then whether I want reconstructionnat the same time; how do you work out which…