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Starting chemo next week!
Hi everyone, I am a 57 year old diagnosed with breast cancer. I have had surgery and my lymph glands were clear of cancer. I will be starting chemotherapy AC next week (1st August) and will be having four rounds. Is anyone else starting their Chemo around the same time?
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Just diagonsed
Hi, I have just been diagnosed with early stage bc am having surgery in 3 days and am finding it difficult to sleep at night at the moment. Biopsy came back as early stage but Doctor tells me that this is not 100% accurate, this brings me on a huge downer. Every time I feel like I'm starting to cope. The waiting of results…
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First
Sitting here after first joining BCNA thinking, "I really should be writing school reports". Instead I'm having a smooth glass of Drambui and starting my first ever blog. Don't know who's gonna read it... Don't really know why I'm doing it... But I do love writing and had thought I should start again after 18 years of…
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Newly Diagnosed
Hi Ladies, My name is Sam. I've been married 16years.I'm a mum to Josh 14 & Jade 6. I'm very fortunate to have everything move very quickly so far. GP told me it was caner last Tuesday, saw my surgeon on Wednesday (Dr Norman Janu) & managed to have surgery on Thursday. I have stage 2-3 TNBC. I was expecting to have upto 30…
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redhead
Hi, I was recently diagnosed with breat cancer on 11 April 2013. I had my first chemo last Friday. Hot flushes, aches and pains, periods and sore feet.
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bcsurvivor
Hello I'm a newbie here, my name is Natalie. I first was diagnosed with Triple Neg grade three cancer back in Nov 11, had lumpectomy, went through FEC chemo and radiation therapy. Had my usual mammogram and then ultrasound, FNA and then core biopsy to find Triple neg again, a mastectomy and chemo to follow. Surgery this…
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Newbie
Hi Ladies, It's been really inspiring to read all your stories and I'm really glad that Katie decided to start this group. Don't know if people are still active, but I just wanted to share my story. I'm 21 years old and had a lump removed in May 2011, which turned out to be a Phyllodes Tumor and was half a kilo, no jokes.…
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First posting
Hi all, My name is Joanne and I was diagnosed with bc from my first routine mammogram. Since then, 30 Jan it has been such a roller coaster ride I,m still hanging on. First a lumpectomy, then mastectomy, not to mention all the diagnostic tests MRI's, ct's heart scans; does it ever end? I know it will but it seems never…
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New diagnosed Canberran with questions
Hi Ladies/Gentleman I received a diagnosis yesterday of a high grade DCIS. I am being positive and I know I am fortunate, in the terms of a breast cancer diagnosis I know it could be a lot worse. I'm hoping someone can give me any advice on choosing a surgeon, or recommending one? My journey to this point hasn't been a…
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Reach to recovery 2013
Yesterday we were involved in an education day Where Dr Jenny Edge was holding a forum to devise an education program for South African nurses to help Up skill them there is a web based learning that has been provided free of charge to all www.betercare.co.za and they are looking to use the same platform again. Resource…
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New
Hi, my name is Tania. Im 36 years old, married with 2 young children and an adult daughter. I live in country Western Australia. Just diagnosed last week with IDC 3 tumours in my right breast, stage 1 on biopsy. Scared is an understatement, never felt anything like this in my life, i think the unknown is the worst, dont…
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First Blog - just diagnosed
Just been diagnosed with DCIS. Bit scary, too extensive to save most of my right breast. I have been offered reconstruction and seriously thinking about it. Does anyone have any advice. I am in the research phase but fairly keen. Cheers, Jillian
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Newbie
I was diagnosed a few days ago, after a biopsy. I was told they would remove the area around and including the 5mm & 6mm cancers and that I would require radiation and depending on the hormorne receptors etc results after pathology, that I may need chemo or hormone treatment. I am ok with this (well kinda until I read all…
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Newly diagnosed...help???
Hi all, wow, this group is so helpfull with all of your stories and experiences. I found a lump 4 weeks ago in my right breast and after mammagram and ultrasound (and being told throughout all of that my lump looked like a fibroadenoma and I would be quite ok to leave it in), I asked for a biopsy. The results came back…
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Also just diagnosed
Hi all, I'm 32 and diagnosed last week with a stage 3 infiltrating ductal carcinoma with a whole lot of lymphnodes involved. I'm starting chemo on tuesday and I'm absolutely terrified. I think I might be sick just from stressing out and not the chemo itself. I know everyone reacts differently to chemo, but what were your…