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Calling out to MBC's beyond 5 years!
Hello :) I am keen to connect in person with other women in their 40's in Brisbane who are travelling well with MBC beyond five years. I find myself only with older ladies when attending MBC support groups, which is lovely, but I feel the need to form friendships with others closer to my own age who are doing well(ish) and…
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Happy birthday to you @libbyb
Happy birthday to you @LibbyB
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Happy birthday wishes to @Helen22
Dear @Helen22 Wishing you a very happy birthday!
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One is BIGGER than the other!
Hi I had an early diagnosis and lumpectomy, chemo, radiation and follow up treatment of right breast in 2003 (aged 45 years). As I've aged, my treated breast is shrinking and shrinking and shrinking and is now very obviously a different size to my left breast. 1 Has anyone else experience this? 2 Do you think it would be…
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tracy alsop
good afternoon everyone, I haven't been on here for a while but I wanted to let everyone know we lost one of our pink sisters Tracy Fearnley- Alsop on the 6th of April, I first got to know Tracy in 2015 and we fought our 1st journey together and then we both got a reocurrence in January 2022 and she fought hard for 8 years…
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DCIS - Breast marker missed in initial surgery
Hello, I was recently diagnosed with intermediate grade DCIS left breast presenting as a stellate lesion (1.4cm), apparently the usual presentation is calcifications. I had a wide local incision just before Christmas to have it removed. The surgery went well and I was very happy with the incision/surgery (done by a private…
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Welcome New Members - 20th April 2023
Greetings to our newest members of the Online Network: @Anita123 @Emma_W @Luckymoo @j1903 @CQGran2023 @Feemck @nikulisa @NIcole_L @Edithead You have found your way to Breast Cancer Network Australia's (BCNA's) Online Network. This is a forum where you are not alone and can engage with generous members who provide…
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Confusing advertising
I just had the advertisement of a superannuation company pop up on my news page. I thought it was BCNA showing pink men until I read it. Not quite plagiarism but very close.
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Nerve pain with expander
Hi there, I had a mastectomy 3 weeks ago now and had my first saline fill last week, since then I have had terrible pain where my nipple should be like someone is squeezing it tightly. Has anyone else had this? if so what helped?
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AIs - questions to ask
Hi everyone! I have successfully completed my surgery (03/02/23), and radation (13/04/23). I'm seeing the oncologist tomorrow to discuss/commence AIs. Does anybody have a good list of questions to ask? Or were there things you did ask at your appointment which were useful? Or things you wished you asked initially but…
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Happy birthday to @eight days
happy birthday wishes to @eight days
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Happy birthday to you @Stork
Dear @Stork Wishing you a very happy birthday 😀
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Happy birthday wishes to @Kombigirl
Happy birthday to you @Kombigirl
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Charlotte Tottman speaking about hers (and others) cancer experience
Just found this today - well worth a 'watch' .... with Charlotte Tottman talking about her own experience with breast cancer, as a part of a 4 person panel ..... She was diagnosed with BC in 2019 - and amazed that it shook her so much, as she'd been treating patients with cancer for some years ..... Community Heart Media…
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Integrative oncology talk for interest.
https://yestolife.org.uk/radio_shows/pioneers-of-integrative-oncology/ This talk is available to listen on demand from 21st April 2023. It will be available on utube. The link above provides information but I have copied some of the information about the speakers below A special extended edition of the Yes to Life Show on…