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3 weeks post lumpectomy!
Hi ladies, I am having my portacath done tomorrow....I had my lumpectomy and sentinel node surgery 3 weeks ago. I am still feeling very tender.....is this normal? How long is recovery from lumpectomy? Also how long are you out of action with a portacath insertion? Thanks xx
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Triple positive - HER2 - Newly diagnosed
Hi all I started my journey 3 weeks ago! It started with a call back from Breast Screen Q. I received the results, my GP got me to a surgeon the next day & I has surgery the day after! No thinking time I just wanted this sucker out! I have since had a 2nd surgery to increase the margins but all was good. Diagnosis:…
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What questions to ask for first appointment with oncologist
I have my very first appointment with my oncologist this Thurs. To say Im scared is an understatement. To make matters a bit more complicated I will be going on my own. I need to get this so right. I dont have my official diagnosis, this will be thrown at me on Thurs. All I know is that I had a total right hand mastectomy…
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Wonderful staff for breast MRI
Yesterday was a day I have been dreading and preparing for for several months. I had elected to have a breast MRI prior to mastectomy of my right breast, to check the left breast before deciding whether to take it off too. This was because the mammogram and ultrasounds and biopsy when I discovered 1 lump in my right breast…
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anxious
I have been diagnosed with ductal cancer the Dr is hoping it's insitu he is doing a partial mastectomy and taking a lymph node ,just scared of why he is taking a node as well does this mean he thinks it has spread ? I feel so sick xx
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Does two positive sentinel nodes equate to certain chemo?
Unfortunately Im new to this group. On the 1st June I had a total right mastectomy to remove 2 areas of cancer,one 1.5cm the other micro. I opted for no reconstruction. My biopsy showed 2 positive nodes (if my terminology is right...as Im learning, they were micro). On the 15th June I then had an auxillary clearance which…
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Overwhelmed - Still
Hi Ladies, I have recently received my treatment plan....one week on and one week off for 2 months and then once a week for 3 months. I also need a portacath in. Has anyone had this kind of treatment plan and if so how did you feel/manage? I'm also concerned about the portacath, not the procedure but just about having it…
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Double mastectomy and reconstruction with implants
hi all, ive been meaning to post for ages but was a bit shy. I'm 30 yrs old and have stage 2 triple negative BC. Finished 4 rounds of the horrid AC and now onto taxol. I will be seeing my surgeon in a few weeks to start planning surgery. Has anyone had a double mastectomy with implants ? Did you increase the cup size ? I'm…
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Onto the next stage weekly chemo
Hello Ladies, It's been a while since I've posted but I have been checking in on you all. So I finished my 4 AC sessions which happened once every 3 weeks and by some stroke of luck got through them with very little side effects, have been so lucky. I start my weekly chemo on Tuesday for 12 weeks and am a bit worried that…
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Overwhelmed!!
Hi, I am 41 years old and on the 1st June I was diagnosed with Breast Cancer. To say I was shocked is a complete understatement. I found my lump by chance and after a whirl wind of tests, mammogram, ultrasound, biopsy, I ended up in surgery having a Lumpectomy and a sentinel node biopsy. The tumour was 16mm and grade 3.…
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FLAT AND FABULOUS?
dont take this personally ladies . . . but I had really hoped not to find myself back here <3 2015 wide local excision, chemo 6 months, rads 6 weeks and 2 years Letrazole later I find myself back in the club that none of us wanted to join, but so grateful to know I am not alone. New scan shows THREE new primary tumours in…
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Terrified
Hi..my name is Lisa Im 51, married with two children, one 21 and one 18yo. My life has changed so much over the past 4 weeks Im terrified when I recap everything and need to just push it aside. 4 weeks ago I lost my mother in law (my best friend) to ovarian cancer. I had been one of her main carers during her 2 year…
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Breast and thyroid cancer combination
Hi everyone I was diagnosed with HER2 positive breast cancer in October last year. I had 4 courses of chemotherapy to shrink the tumours in my breast and under my arm pit. This was followed by a lumpectomy and clearance of the axillary lymph nodes. I am also on 3 weekly doses of Herceptin for 12months. I completed 7 weeks…
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Cost of radiation
Hi, so a few weeks ago I had a lumpectomy and a couple of nodes removed, was told the surgery went well. It was high grade DCIS, told that I will only need radiation, I was treated in the QLD public system even though I do have cover. They suggested I do my radiation at Springfield or in Brisbane,,,but I opted for…
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Finished chemo and bad news
Hi all, I have my sixth and last round of TCH chemo which is good news. But while I was talking to my Oncologist she said that the MRI I had on Monday found pre cancerous cells in my right breast. So now both breast are affected. I see my breast surgeon on Monday so I will have to see what he recommends but I am thinking I…