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Halfway through treatment
Hi all I finally have the courage to contribute here after skirting around the edges for the last few weeks. In late July I felt a thickened like a small swollen area in my right breast. I knew I had to get it checked. Off to GP who felt nothing but sent me for a mammogram & ultrasound. Monday: Mammogram was clear,…
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How quick should the tumour shrink
i think I'm worrying to early but out of interest how quick could you feel chemo was shrinking the tumour ? I had my first ac 1 1/2 weeks ago and can't really feel any difference ? I'm tnbc doing dose dense Ac then 12 weekly taxol happy Monday :) jen
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33, mother of 3 and newly diagnosed.
Hi, I'm a month fresh into diagnosis. Reaching out to other young mums in the same situation. I look forward to meeting some of you! Jane
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Introduction
Hi there, I have just been diagnosed with Stage 3, grade 3 triple negative breast cancer. It has been an overwhelming last couple of weeks and I am going to have scans next week to see if it has spread to other areas of my body. It has spread to my lymph nodes in my right arm. I am 39 and have a little four year old boy,…
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Introducing myself
Hi ladies, I am a 31 year old Radiation Therapist from Hobart with a 2 year old daughter. A month ago I woke up and said to my husband, "gee my boob feels bruised", a few days later I found a lump that felt similar to when I had a blocked milk duct when breastfeeding, I couldn't get in to my GP that day and the following…
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Results
Hi All, just an update had my appointment yesterday came back I tested positive for HER2 , surgery again yuk! Chemo for four months, will loose my hair , will be taking not sure I have the right pronoun cation herceptron tablet it suppose to target the cancer um has anyone gone down this road if so any advice for the road…
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Waiting for tests and results
Hi I'm new to this whole thing, up until 21/2 weeks ago I had never considered breast cancer as a possibility. I found a lump in my breast just after coming back from holiday and went to my GP, she sent me off for a mammogram and ultrasound whilst waiting for the appointment i found another lump under my arm. The results…
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Bone Scans - What they're like
I wanted to share my experience with bone scans for new members 1. You get to stay clothed through the procedure. 2. Don't wear any metal or jewellery. 3. The needle with the tracer (radioactive material) is very fine and only stings a little. 4. You have very quick scan ( on a very narrow table ) then sent away for at…
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Newly diagnosed Mum with kids.
Hi all, Diagnosed on 14th Aug with Grade 3 Invasive Carcinoma...surgery on the 20th - lumpectomy and removal of sentinal node...only just wrapping my head around it all. Starting to all seem real now. Just wondering if any of you have young children and how did you tell them and how much did you tell them? Son 8 (& quite…
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BAD NEWS IS SO HARD TO SHARE
I was diagnosed with breast cancer in late May after an ultrasound as my breasts are too small for a mammogram. An ultrasound guided biopsy on the 2 tumours was done and I was told by my breast surgeon that I was inoperable but not untreatable. I then had a PET scan and an MRI which both the breast surgeon and oncologist…
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Just diagnosed with Inflammatory Breast Cancer
Hi everyone, Oh well after my first visit at the Mater Hospital, apparently I drew the short straw, my diagnosis is Inflammatory Breast Cancer. A bone scan is scheduled for tomorrow to see if it has reached my bones. I feel like I'm in good hands at the Mater Hospital though. I'm also still waiting to hear about my hormone…
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Breast Marker Clips
Hi all, Tomorrow I have an Ultrasound appointment, this is presumerably to place in some markers so they can track the size of the tumours during chemo. Also they mentioned injecting carbon into the affected lymph node. Just wondering if anyone has had this done? Is it similar to the core biopsy? TIA
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Embarrassing smelly armpit!
Hi ladies! A month ago I was diagnosed with BC and in all the craziness of the last few weeks with appointments, scans, tests and 2 surgeries this website has been wonderful. Thank you to all of you for sharing your experiences, you've amswered many of my questions through your posts and made all this a little less…
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Newbie
hi everyone people say mixed things about these forums so I'm not sure if I should be here or not but we all need support when we are going through something like this and I hope there is people out there with similar stories to mind so we can share our journey and provide support. this is my story : I'm 38 and found the…
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Seeing surgeon for results today
Hi ladies, well finally after almost 4 months, today is the day I get the results from my recent surgery. I am stumped over what to ask her because of course it depends on what the results are as to what questions I would need to ask. Further surgery, chemo, radiation etc. Its all unknown to me right now. The only thing I…