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Just want to say hello
Hello everyone, Obviously I'm new here. I was diagnosed with breast cancer on 24th January this year. I have er positive breast cancer , my tumor is 6cm and stage 3. A bit about myself : I just turned 43. I am single with no kids, I'm on disability for my acute anxiety disorder, agoraphobia, depression, panic attacks. My…
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Second time around
Hi everyone Its been a while for me but i have been a bit busy My mum was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer which had spread to the brain lungs and liver in April 16 i have been traveling to Sydney where she is located. Baçk and forth since April. Sadley she lost the battle in December and for me having had breast…
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Don't know where to begin
i feel like I'm part of a horror movie and I'm the main character. I've always just cruised thru life in the background. This breast cancer diagnosis has hit me hard. Fast forward 3 weeks from that fateful phone call that they had seen something on the mamogram to today. Post lumpectomy with axillary clearance as sentenial…
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Early XMAS present
Two days before xmas I was dx with multi lobular cancer Estrogen positive. I have had a Mastectomy left breast with tissue expander mid jan ( my tissue expander feels like it's going to burst) and sentinel one of the three nodes were positive. 5 weeks later back for an axillary clearance. 14 nodes clear. I was so emotional…
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Mastectomy or not
I am 68 and have been diagonised with breast cancer in both breasts.Have just had 4 lumpectomy's. 3 in one breast and one in the other. They did not get clear margins in one breast. Can anyone give advice on your experience on whether to have an implant or not. And your experience with a tissue expander been inserted. Is…
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Hints and tips for pain relief?
Hi another question, they are never ending at the moment. So I had a bilateral mastectomy on the 9th of March with sentinel node biopsy. Then due to nodes coming back positive had to go back to get Level 2 nodes removed on Thursday 23rd of March. I also got my chemo port inserted at the same time. Am home now and in lots…
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Back Again ..so much fear
Well hi to everyone lm back again ..As my first post l had the lumpectomies one in each breast ..My results came as a shock ..l have to have a double mastectomy now ..as they couldn't get it all plus has gone into my lymph nodes ..Have to have bone and body scan on Monday ..l am devastated my world is spinning lm so scared…
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The waiting is torture!
Hi ladies, So am back in hospital and my head is wrecked!! Due to the fact that my sentinel node biopsy came back positive I had to come back and get Level 2 nodes out. Am not coping with the waiting for results this time. I really want this stage to be over so treatment can begin. I won't find out till Monday or Tuesday.…
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Also newly diagnosed
Hi, probably need to just 'cut to the chase' as like a previous post feeling a tad overwhelmed. Diagnosed Stage 1 Grade 2 March 2nd, Lumpectomy and lymphnodes removed March 8th. Saw the oncologist today who gave me a lot of statistics about survival rates with and without treatment. The dice are pretty much loaded in my…
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Port a cath
Hi all, I never thought in a million years I would need to be posting here. I was Diagnosed with Invasive Ductal Carcinoma, with a few affected lymph Nodes in January. Ive had 4 dose dense treatments so far, and next week I'm to start Taxol. I will have a lumpectomy after that, then radiation is the plan. I had a port put…
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Bowie Struggling - she needs some encouragement
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Sentinel node biopsy came back positive
Hi everyone My name is Laura and I was diagnosed with invasive ductal carsinoma in my left breast on the 10th of Feb. I have tiny breast so the cancer covered a large area so a mastectomy was necessary. I opted for bilateral mastectomy and had the op on the 9th of March. It all went really well and am recovering really…
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newly diganosed
HI, I really dont know what to say, 2 weeks been diagnosed with bc in my rb and have really not talked to anyone. its all happened way so fast. I feel fine....even my gp did not know when i had to go get a referral to the oncologist surgeon. the doctor said i had a chose either full mastectomy or lumpectomy. I have for…
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Just home from treatment newly diagnosed
Hi to all you brave people ..l just need to say some things ..l have had 2 lumpectomy in each breast ..Feeling so terrified with the future and what is to come Can't think about anything else but cancer ..lam trying to be strong,but anxiety and depression has reared its ugly head ..l live on my own to much time to…
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Hello and newly diagnosed
Hi to all I have been diagnosed just over two weeks ago and its been a whirlwind of tests, biopsies ,mri etc , and things changing , originally surgeon was going to do lumpectomy but now I have been referred to oncologist and they want to do Chemo first , It all feels so scary and I just constantly feel overwhelmed , I…