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Early Breast Cancer
Hi All, thank you for the feedback and best wishes you gave me in July. Sorry I’m not sure how I reply being new here. I was intending to have a mastectomy and changed my mind. Opted for lumpectomy. M...
Hi @Agent14516 thank you so much for sharing your update!! it’s great to hear your lumpectomy went reasonably smoothly🌸🌻🌼: hugs and big high five.
If you have not had a ‘“port a cath” inserted it might be useful to discuss it with your medical team. The HER2 treatment duration as well as the number of intravenous “cycles” means it’s quite a good option. I found the port a cath helped preserve my veins.
If you have not had a ‘“port a cath” inserted it might be useful to discuss it with your medical team. The HER2 treatment duration as well as the number of intravenous “cycles” means it’s quite a good option. I found the port a cath helped preserve my veins.
Since your first post a new group for people who are HER2 positive, oestrogen positive and progesterone positive (aka “triple positive”) has been set up, so if you’re triple positive please consider joining that group too and do a little intro once you’re admitted. Only around 15-20% of breast cancers are HER2 positive so it is a small group!
I have received wonderful support on the wider discussion threads, but I’ve also found it helpful to be in some of the groups where my particular cancer type is discussed in more detail.
https://onlinenetwork.bcna.org.au/group/31-triple-positive-breast-cancer-tpbc
https://onlinenetwork.bcna.org.au/group/31-triple-positive-breast-cancer-tpbc