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Starting Chemo
Hi everyone Well my journey started in April with diagnosis of breast cancer. Since then I've had the surgery, the pet scan, an ECG and blood work done. I start Chemo on Wednesday with Doxorubicin and Cyclophosphamide. My lump was Grade 3 so my Oncologist has recommended a 5 month journey on Chemo. I'm nervous as I'm sure…
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Overwhelmed and lost
Hey everyone I'm Shannon, I just turned 28 and recently was diagnosed with breast cancer. I lost my mother to cancer when I was 17 after a 7 year battle that started as breat cancer. So everything about this diagnosis has truly shaken me. Our family does carry the bracca 1 mutation. I was diagnosed when I first noticed my…
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Need to talk
Hi I am priya a 36 yr old mum of 8 yr old daughter. I was recently diagnosed with breast cancer. I had 2 surgeries and the 16mm lump was removed and all the lymph nodes aswell. Surgically m cancer free now but have a long treatment plan ahead. I will start with my chemo soon... I just want to talk and get some positive…
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Anxious Newly Diagnosed
Hi everyone. From what I have read it appears this is THE place for me. I was diagnosed on the 2nd May after having a routine Mammogram in April. I was called back due to something showing up on the Mammogram and subsequently had another Mammogram and Ultrasound and then a biopsy. Diagnosis is that I have invasive breast…
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So unsure
It's scary and it has moved so fast. I was called back for 'Further Assessment' in mid april...I actually can't remember the date. I know I had the core needle biopsy on 22nd April, a couple of days after my 67th Birthday. I was called back 7 days later for the result - Invasive Breast Carcinoma Stage 1 - 2. That was on…
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Recent ILC diagnosis
Hi i wouldnt have known i had ILC had a lesion not showed up on my mammogram.ive been having regular mamms since i turned 40.i ve just turned 63. A lesion showed up on my mamm i was sent to breast cancer clinic at qe2.ultra sound showed up ILC.4 tumours.7cm.it was a scary reality.my whole life has done a complete 360.talk…
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ILC Stage 2
Moderator moved @tarshy post to 'Newly Diagnosed':
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Newly diagnosed and treatment started
Hi I recently posted my diagnosis date in the wrong area. Think it is community adverts. Anyway...I was diagnosed after a core biopsy on the 16th of May. On the 17th of June I had a partial mastectomy. Surgeon post op appointment last Monday to be told that the little buggers (put nicely) were in 3 of 4 lymph nodes, which…
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Newly diagnosed
G'day folks... I am 50 yrs old. I was diagnosed on the 24/04/24, day before Anzac day...😢. I have all theses mixed emotions right now. I found a lump 2 inches long in my left breast. Biopsy felt like I was stabbed. Every time I move it grabs and I have NEVER felt pain like it before. My appetite has decreased, I feel…
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Exercise for Cancer/Chemo Patients - Lift Cancer Care Services Experience?
Hello BC Hive Mind! Does anyone here have experience with Lift Cancer Care Services? I'd like to read about your experiences. Feel free to message me.
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Flushed/Hot spots post chemo
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38yo solo mama, what is happening?!
Hi everyone. I was diagnosed yesterday, a month after my first random trip to my sons gp where I asked her to just give her opinion. Right breast invasive ductal carcinoma. I’m sure that will start to roll off the tongue, everything here feels very foreign at this point. Question .. The GP is new to the area and wasn’t…
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Newly diagnosed - Triple Negative - Chemo underway - Family history
Hi everyone, Well this is the group you really don't want to join, but it appears to be a great resource and source of support, so here goes. I was diagnosed with a triple negative tumour in my left breast on 9th May (grade 3), following a biopsy. I count myself lucky in that I have been part of a High Risk Breast Cancer…
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Recent diagnosis and new to the group
Good afternoon. My name is Jenny and I was diagnosed with Grade 2 cancer in my right breast on the 17 April. I had lumpectomy surgery on 4 May and a PET/CT scan last week as cancer cells were detected in 1 of 3 lymph nodes and results are pending. We met the Oncologist last Tuesday and due to several risk factors,…
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New here, Phylodes Tumour
Hi Everyone, I am 56, mother of two adult girls. Mid April I was referred for an ultrasound on a hard lump I found in my left breast. I was shocked to receive a phone call from my GP saying I needed to see a breast surgeon. All tests, scans and biopsys finished, to be told my only option is simple mastectomy. The surgery…