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Close to home
I know this beautiful woman. She has also been through so much over the past few years. Has a beautiful son and beautiful soul. Today things changed and it hit so close to home it brought my to tears in the middle of my local supermarket. She was Diagnosed with Breast Cancer today. she is only 30… but this is for the…
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Cancer in BOTH breasts !
It's been 2 weeks and 2 days since my surgery and now that I have a clear picture of what I had and where I'm going, I can share with you all. Reminder :- I was diagnosed on 27 June 2014 with "Invasive Lobular Carcinoma with focal areas of LCIS Left Breast". I elected to have a Bilateral Mastectomy (because I wanted…
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Workforce Discrimination for People with Cancer
Workforce Discrimination for People with Cancer I feel compelled to write about my work experience since I was diagnosed with Breast Cancer some 8 years ago. For the most part of my journey, my employer was very supportive and indeed I worked full-time for 6 years living with cancer. There were periods during those 6 years…
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New Diagnosis
Hi ladies, My name is Jo and I'm 44 years old and it's been just over 6 weeks since my diagnosis with invasive ductal carcinoma. When I first went to my GP, I had no idea that my life was going to be turned upside down for the second time this year. My sister had passed away only the month before on the 7th of May…
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hi and thank you
Just received a lovely welcome to this group from Mich x I feel supported already and better than when I wrote the 'about me' profile info I'll copy below. Thanks for having me and love and hugs to you all. Lazy copy and paste info about me: All I know so far is that it's a small (15 x 12 x 14mm), early, left breast cancer…
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My first post
Hi everyone, this is my first time to reach out to anyone out there who maybe able to help me. I was diagnosed with breast cancer in May 2010. Had mastectomy, chemo, radiotherapy. In March thru to April 2011 had a failed attemped at breast reconstruction. In October 2012 I was diagnosed with secondary breast cancer in the…