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Coffee
After 4 rounds of AC and 4 of paclitaxel, coffee tastes like coffee again. In the unpredictable world of chemo side effects, I'm enjoying it while it lasts 😀
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Friday Update (On Thursday!) - 28th March 2024
Hi everyone, It's a Friday Update on a Thursday! I deliver you an early Friday update as the BCNA office will be closed over the Easter period (5:00pm tonight, and will re-open on Tuesday 2nd April at 9:00 am) . Remember the Online Network is always here to help and you can request the Helpline team to call you back when…
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Update
So updated info.... Clot was over 10 CMS from forearm to elbow. Have been started on blood thinners for rest of treatment and they are putting a pic line in so no more arm infusions..
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Emotional roller coaster
Hi All, Just joined and first post. This whole cancer thing scares the hell out of me. It happened so fast. Diagnosed in Dec 23 1st surgery on 19th for a wide local excision and lumpectomy to return again for margins on 19 th Jan 24. 3 nodes taken but only cancer in 1. started chemo late Feb have completed 2 rounds heading…
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An update on my situation
What happened previously... My doctor (GP) told me that I had breast cancer, then I saw the breast surgeon and she said it isn't cancer. I do not agree that I don't have breast cancer. I have Ductal Carcinoma In Situ and another possible carcinoma. I have an early form of breast cancer that requires treatment, and I'm…
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An unwanted "gift" for my 40th birthday
Hi everyone, In the middle of January, I felt a lump in my breast and went through the usual tests - mammogram and ultrasound, and then biopsies of both breasts. At the end of February, roughly two weeks before my 40th birthday, my doctor called me to come in straightaway and told me that I have DCIS in the right breast. I…
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Newly Diagnosed - Radiation Side Effects?
Moderator moved @WhiteLight discussion from activity section to 'Newly Diagnosed'
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Welcome New Members - 22nd March 2024
Hello and welcome to our newest members to recently joined the Online Network: @KateF @CozyCat @roroe @ukelele @Jenmcd @Aloraca @RosieB @asys10 @krystel @Nekosan @southernsun @rachosk64 @KoolieGirl @phoenixdreamtrap @HelpS @granny43 @Crispy @don_251 @lindaandchris @Ant @SARS @chargreen @littleangels7673 @lnorris You have…
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Otis Foundation Fund Raising
I came across this information. Otis foundation gift time away for breast cancer patients and their families are listed on the Victorian container donations list. I'm sure they would be grateful for any donations.
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Support with coping
I've just been diagnosed with invasive breast cancer NST, I haven't been told what stage or what kind yet. I'm 27 and this has come as a major shock to my family and I. I'm struggling with how to cope, major low feelings and significant worries about what the future brings, especially given my age. I'm hoping to be…
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The “journey” begins.
I was diagnosed with grade 2 IDC ER & PR + Her2- on 19/12. I am 50 years old, married with three teenagers at home, two homeschoolers, one working. I work as a nurse for NDIS. Getting the diagnosis just before Christmas was horrific. So far this has been my plan. Diagnosed 19/12 Follow up call from GP on 21/12 to see how I…
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Her2 positive - post chemo and surgery
Hello again I'm post chemo and surgery. Chemo did its work and shrunk the tumors (it was early stage) Small amount of tissue removed in lumpectomy for testing. Received complete pathological result, no cancer left and no spread to lymph nodes. Radiation will either be 15-25 sessions. Meant to start next week, Delayed due…
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Reconstruction
Hello there BC group could i please be added to to reconstruction group. I would find it super helpful to have a look at images from various recon surgeries thanks in advance
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Chemotherapy and auto-immune conditions
Hi, I’m hoping this forum will generate some information and experience about the effects of chemotherapy on someone living with an auto-immune condition. I’m 67 and have had alopecia for many years. Following my breast cancer diagnosis in January, I’ve had a mastectomy and am now considering treatment. The recommended…
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Another sister reporting for duty
Hi all I’m Linda, a 54 yo from the Barossa Valley in SA, a wife, mother to 5 humans and 1 furkid, a lover of all things Disney & Robbie Williams and living with a fairly new diagnosis of DCIS. Historically, I’ve had 3 lumpectomies previously between 2003-2015 and been having regular mammograms since. In late January 2024 I…