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ninica
6 years agoMember
37 year old - just diagnosed
Hi ladies, I have been diagnosed with early stage, grade 2, DCIS in early January (ER+, PR+ and HER2 negative). Since then I had lumpectomy with clear margins and sentinel node biopsy. Sentinel n...
jintie
6 years agoMember
My scenario is similar to yours, except I was 3 years older than you when diagnosed and my cancer was grade 3, multifocal with lymph node involvement. I said to the BC nurse that I was worried about putting on weight. She told me not to worry and said I’d probably lose weight. She was wrong - I put on 8 kilos (most of this weight gain was during taxol and I put on 500gms a week over 12 weeks).
Everyone reacts differently. We all got through it. I think being younger has its advantages.
Everyone reacts differently. We all got through it. I think being younger has its advantages.