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Breast care support nurses/ McGrath breast nurses - Do they follow through?
Has anyone actually received ongoing support from any of these nurses? My experience was in a private hospital. Once I was over the immediate surgical recovery, and without my reaching out there was no follow up. I had thought before my journey, that these nurses helped through all of the stages of this cancer treatment.…
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Male Breast Cancer
Hi All, I feel a little out of place here, and yet it feels like the right place to be chatting. Its very unusual in men but I was diagnosed with what I now know was a stage two breast cancer on Christmas eve last year. I've since been through 6 months of chemo, mastectomy and axillary clearance and am 5 days into a 25 day…
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Home from Surgery
Hi, I'm home now (yesterday) and it's over. On the morning of my mastectomy surgery (Monday 18 May) I was feeling quite anxious but trying to remain positive at the same time. The staff were lovely but I found not as friendly as my first lot of treatment for wide local excision with nodes removal or perhaps it was me with…
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My Scalp Hurts
Hi Everyone, It has been 16 days since my first chemo (AC) session. My scalp is starting to hurt. My hair is sore to touch. It feels like painful pins and needles on my scalp. Annoying and painful when I'm trying to sleep. I haven't noticed much hair starting to fall out when I brush it (but that is hurting) or in the…
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Bc at 39, changing docs and other joys
Hello to all the lovely and beautiful ladies on this forum. I have been reading comments for a couple of months now but have not yet posted. I was diagnosed in February with multifocal bilateral bc, HER-, ER/PG+, grades 1 and 2, stage 1 (only found out stage recently). I had skin/nipple sparing double mastectomy with…
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For those doing it tough
I have a buddy who is doing it very tough just now ..... so to all of you out there .... we are thinking of you xx
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Chronic Pain - managing it. SBS TONIGHT 8.30pm
On Insight tonight, from 8.30pm on SBS ..... Insight will be covering controlling chronic Pain. Take care, stay safe xx
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WTF 2020
Good evening everyone...I really thought 2020 was going to be my year! Anyone else? First the fires...floods...then I thought I was having a heart attack which turned out to be Takotsubo cardiomyopathy..say what! Then COVID-19...millions lose their job...and thousands lose their lives 😢...isolation and now they found a…
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I need help with my decision - does anyone have any regrets?
Hello Ladies, I too have joined the BC club and am struggling with decisions. I’m 46, live in Brisbane married, no kids and in Feburary 2020, I was diagnosed Left breast (8 o’clock) Stage 1A, Grad 2, 8mm IDC, no lymp nodes ER +PR+ HER2- Successful lumpectomy with clear margins performed - Yay! Its’ small & early…