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Hello. My name is Jenny and I live on the NSW/Vic Border. I have gone to post in here a couple of times but backed out. Denial maybe? On Wednesday I was officially given the diagnosis of BC. I have had a large lump for around a year but I have 26JJ sized breasts and the lump is down along where the bra wire sits. I put it…
Supraclavicle lymph node?
hi all following my oncologist appointment yesterday I asked her I feel my lymph node on my clavicle and she had me get it biopsied today anyone else had BC in this node? I already know I have at least one axilla node cancerous but she said when doing the biopsy today it was only very slightly enlarged by like 0.3mm and…
Mammogram vacuum assisted biopsy
I had this procedure on the advice of Breast Screen before diagnosis. Haven't heard much about others having it. It wasn't pleasant.
Thought I'd share this article by NBCF...
Hi All, I saw this Article by NBCF and thought it was interesting, how fantastic would it be to develop a blood test instead of tissue biopsies for detection!!! https://nbcf.org.au/news/research-news/simple-blood-test-offers-major-step-early-detection-eight-common-cancers/ Hugs Melinda xo
Aux node clearance tomorrow
Feeling very scared. Had my right mastectomy on the 1/6 with sentinel node biopsy..two nodes positive. I went into the first op feeling positive, but now I feel tomorrow will just give more bad news. Hard to go in with any positive thoughts at all. Any info on what I can expect recovery wise? Also how long do I wait before…
Liver biopsy
May 29 my oncologist told us i have a 5cm tumor in my liver and numerous small ones after a week of ultra sounds, bone scans and ct scans, should have been or i was hoping my 5 year clearance. Tomorrow i will have a liver biopsy to see if the cancer has changed in any way, must addmit i'm not looking forward to it and…
Sentinel node biopsy came back positive
Hi everyone My name is Laura and I was diagnosed with invasive ductal carsinoma in my left breast on the 10th of Feb. I have tiny breast so the cancer covered a large area so a mastectomy was necessary. I opted for bilateral mastectomy and had the op on the 9th of March. It all went really well and am recovering really…
What to expect
So it is all new to me. Surgery Tuesday to remove the rest of my lymph nodes after 2 of my 5 sentinel node biopsy showed up as containing cancer. Now it is chemo instead of just radiotherapy. What does it all mean? Holiday booked for Bali in July. Can we go? Surgeon says hopefully. But what is the reality?
Biopsy results
well got the second biopsy results finally after 2 weeks I have a second tumour identical to the first both low grade 1 tubular both hormone receptive and both 7mm less than 1 cm going ahead with surgery next week then to wait again for sentinel node results the waiting seems to go on forever put my Xmas decorations up…
Pre-cancerous changes
On Thursday I had an appointment with a gynaecologist which should have been nothing to worry about. As she commenced her examination though she immediately began questioning me about an area she could see that had some skin changes. While she was quick to reassure me that it was not cancer she did say that it could be…
Friday Update!
Hi everyone and welcome to the Friday update. This week we have 18 new members. Please help me welcome @caseymmcc, @susieq2, @breast65, @el46 and all our other new members. Community highlights Each week we have lots of different discussions take place in the online network. These can include questions, updates,…
What to do
hi again everyone ..... Could have knocked me down with a feather today ... After weeks and weeks of telling nurses and surgeon and oncologist that I have lumps and I want something done and they have were just frobing me off with its nothing and I finally got my surgeon to send me for an ultrasound 2 weeks after radiation…
Breastfeeding with cancer
My maternal grandmother had breast cancer at 46, paternal grandmother at 72 and mother at 56 so with a huge family history I had the gene testing when I turned 30. It came back normal for BRCA1 and BRCA2 and I was told I had just as must chance at getting breast cancer as the general population and was in no increased…

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