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Overseas visitors staying during radiation
I am new here so hello everyone. I have had a mastectomy and a week later had my lymph nodes removed. I start chemo on the 10th of sept for 16 weeks then soon after that I begin radiation for 5 weeks. During that 5 weeks I have a cousin and her hubby coming from America. Am I going to be up to having them stay. I’m the…
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12 months on
Hello im hoping someone out there can identify with my experience so I can shake the feeling of being a bit inadequate. i was diagnosed 12 months ago, had 2 lots of surgery and 6 weeks of radiation treatment. i have a stressful job, aging parents and have built a home - all in the last 12 months. i feel exhausted and…
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Depression,PTSD and BC
Hi all, this forum has been invaluable to me since my diagnosis on May 26 this year. Had lumpectomy ,left breast,including loss of nipple, clear margins, nodes all clear. Yay! Stage 1, grade 3.About to start chemo, TC, on Thursday. Have lots of support too, I am very fortunate. I feel as prepared as I can be.....everyone…
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Waiting for chemo!!
Hi Everyone, I am new to this network. My name is Debbie and I was diagnosed with Invasive ductal carcinoma, grade 2, HER positive amplified, oestrogen and progesterone receptor positive, tumour 23mm, on 5th July, so after a life changing shock, out of the blue as no symptoms, at 51 went for my first ever mammogram. Thank…
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Weight!!! Non exisitant metabolism - hoping to find someone like me!
hi ladies, I was diagnosed with stage 3 estrogen positive BC three and a half years ago start of 2015. Whilst I was finishup up my treatment (surgery, chemo, radio, exmestane, more surgery), my thyroid stopped working and I was then diagnosed with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, they are not sure how/why it was brought on. Then…
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Calicifications
hi i had stage 2 hormonal cancer in 2017 ,just had my mamagram and ultrasound on Monday ,go back Friday for results, radiologist doctor said I have calcification near where cancer was originally ,they were there after last scan too.she said maybe we do a biopsy this time.are calcifications usually dcis? Does anyone else…
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Any other clinical people with breast cancer
I worked for BreastScreen for 16 yrs but left to work back in the hospital. Cancer found at my routine mammo a few weeks ago and Dx given on 2 days ago. My Breast Care nurse is not happy! Said it gave her quite a rude shock when she saw my name on the referral! (I know her very well). LOL. I hope this is good that I can…
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Newly diagnosed invasive carcinoma stage 2
Hi there , new to this .... Diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma in my right breast . Had a lumpectomy 3 weeks ago , 2 nodes removed and 18mm Tumor .Nodes were clear . Had satellite nodules in my margins which were not seen in any scan or during surgery, so margins were not clear , so had a second surgery last week .…
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Copied from the activity page. New member asking for advice.
Apirl72 Hi i not long ago found out i have breast cancer, they said the tumor is about 4cm and in the limbs gland under my arm. They are doing chemo first but said later they will remove my breast. Im wondering if with your first chemo why are both breasts sore, is it common regards Linda
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Two months after finding the lump
Hi BCNA community, Today is exactly two months since 14 June 2018, the day I found the lump in my right breast that changed everything. I thought it was as good a reason as any to introduce myself and summarise my journey so far. It was cathartic for me to get this all out - but is longer than I intended ( so I fully…
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Newly Diagnosed
Hello lovely ladies, I was diagnosed 3 weeks ago following after a routine mammogram. At the call back session at BreastScreen they told me I had breast cancer and had to wait the agonising week to find out results of a FNA of axillia. A week later diagnosis was confirmed Moderately differentiated invasive ducal carcinoma…
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radiation / nausea and fatigue!?
hi i had lumpectomy 6th june -left breast- (grade 1 ductal carcinoma) 1 lymph node removed (hadnt spread there) 6 weeks later im having 3 weeks and 2 days radiation I know im extremely lucky to have got it so early and feel like bit of a lightweight! as after 8 days treatment im feeling quite nauseous (that and fatigue hit…
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Have your say - Survey on BreastScreen Australia’s Position Statement on Breast Density
Hi all, The Australian Department of Health is considering whether BreastScreen Australia’s Position Statement on Breast Density needs to be changed. The Department has commissioned Allen + Clarke, a consulting company, to undertake a short, online survey to get the views of researchers, clinicians and women who use…
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Masectomy no treatment
4 months ago I had a bilateral masetomy and reconstruction. I also had lymph nodes removed. Luckily the nodes came back clear and I didn’t have to have treatment or medication. At the moment all the past emotions have come back and I feel really emotional. I work in childcare and have become very protective of my chest…