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Pain and lump
Hi, I had surgery at the end of April 2016, I was told I'd be in hospital overnight and 5 days later they took the drain tube out and I went home still very swollen and for the next 2 months I was regularly drained 2-3 times a week and the pain started, 11 weeks after lumpectomy and 8 lymph nodes removed I started 5 weeks…
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Recently diagnosed at 28 !
I thought i would drop by and say hello and share my experience so far I first noticed a lump on my left breast on the areola in May but completely ignored it thinking that it is just a cyst/inflammation due to the location of the lump, lack of family history for it to be cancer and i thought "surely i wouldn't have breast…
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Diagnosed at 33
Good evening all. I just don't know how to say this. I was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer at 33. No family history. I'm neither a smoker nor do I drink alcohol. Yet last week, my world and that of my family's was ripped apart and I don't even know how we are going to put the pieces back together. In a sense, I am…
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Newly diagnosed at age 34
Hi everyone, just felt like I needed to share my story in a supportive forum with like minded people. I was diagnosed with breast cancer on 23rd August after a routine ultrasound - I have a family history of breast cancer so had been getting routine ultrasounds. My mother was also diagnosed with breast cancer at 34 years…
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Fertility post chemo
hi everyone i hope everyone is kicking butt on their journey. i am 30 and was diagnosed 3 months ago with TN. I have a 14 month old son and didn't have time to freeze any eggs before chemo started. My question is, has anyone here had a baby post treatment or got an idea of what their fertility was? i would love to think I…
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Am I over reacting
ever since my aunt had a 10 year battle with breast cancer in the 90s which took her life, I have always believed I would opt for double mastectomy if I was ever diagnosed. That day has come. Tests are completed and Surgery options will be discussed with the surgeon on Monday. Everything I read indicates a lumpectomy for…
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I feel like I'm in a car about to crash!!!
i was on high feeling really positive. My drains came out 8 days after surgery and I was feeling great. Dr called this morning to change the follow up appointment to next week as they did not get enough clearance of tissue. I sat there completely stunned and unable to draw breath. So a waiting game once more for the next…
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Day 6 after surgery
thank you ladies for the support and well wishes. After my initial panic attack at the thought of undergoing surgery, I can safely say that it wasn't as bad as I imagined it would be. Although being in a ward of men for two nights
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A journey ahead.
Hello all, this is my first post... At 34 years, I felt life was good, happily married, achieved my dream career and blessed to be able to spend time with little daughter. Life couldn't get much better until my world was turned upside down after being diagnosed with breast cancer on June 6th of this year. The last 4 months…
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Motivation lacking
Hi, I'm newly diagnosed and am booked for a lumpectomy early next week. The good news is it has been found early and at this stage I will only need the lumpectomy and radiotherapy. Apparently a second op may be needed after pathology but hopefully this won't be the case. So it's looking at the easier end of treatment at…
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So that just happened. OMG!!!
Everything has happened so quickly. Found a lump friday before last, Mammogram/ Ultrasound / Core biopsy and Fna lymph node all done within 4 days and now the breast surgeon has me scheduled for 20/9. I'm still reeling from all the information and still do not think it's happening to me. One thing a girlfriend has advised…
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Coping with uncertainty and waiting
Hi everyone, I'm 33 and have just had a double mastectomy for what they think is high grade, bilateral dcis. I chose mastectomy over lumpectomy/radio. I'm struggling emotionally less with the mastectomy and more with the idea of the disease. Diagnosis to surgery was probably 3 weeks. I've been in hospital a week now with…
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Help sleeping/coping techniques
Hi All. I am currently 2 weeks post op for mastectomy and reconstruction using own tissue after DCIS diagnosis. Everything has happened so incredibly quickly. As much as I thought I was prepared for everything that was going on have been totally rocked emotionally by everything that has happened. Has anyone got any…
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Diagnosed yesterday...
Hi. I'm Cath, I'm 45 & yesterday I was diagnosed with Triple Negative, Invasive 5.6cm tumour, Grade 3. Less than two weeks ago I was rubbing Vicks on my chest for a persistent cough and found a huge lump - what a fortnight! Life was just settling into a calmer rhythm than it has been for many years after moving into our…
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what type of reconstruction
Hi I was diagnosed with breast cancer in January this year I have had my left breast removed. I have finished chemo on the 1st August. I am looking at having reconstruction next year. I am not sure which way to go. Can anyone give me some advise which way to go. thank you