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Feeling scared and uncertain
3 years ago I was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer and underwent a right mastectomy, chemo radiotherapy and then started on tamoxifen. Whilst always living in the shadow of it returning, I got on with life, saw my stepson marry, my son become a father and my daughter is just completing year 12. I thought I was ok. Then…
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Hi this is my first post
Hi there, My name is Amy and I am 37yrs old with 2 beautiful little girls 2 & 4 (an a very supportive husband). I am from Adelaide. I was just diagnosed with breast cancer last week and am having a mastectomy this friday. I have a total of 4 cancerous lesions in the R breast. Initially, I thought i had a blocked duct or…
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My partner has secondary breast cancer
Hi, As the title explains, my partner Shelagh has very recently been diagnosed with secondary breast cancer in the bones and liver. We moved to Adelaide 6 months ago from the UK with our two boys, (5 & 13 yrs). Shelagh was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2011 and had a left masectomy with chemotherapy and radiotherapy. A…
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Secondary
Hi All, I was diagnosed with IBC on 18/10/11. Had the usual treatment, including Herceptin & Tamoxifen. Was going well until I was diagnosed with brain mets on 20/6/14. I had a 3cm tumour removed on 24/6/14 and 10 treatments of WBRT. I have a few lesions on my meninges and 2 on my spinal cord. My prognosis isn't very good…
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Recent diagnosis
G'day Guys. My beautiful wife was recently diagnosed with breast cancer. its is treatable and we're informed it is what's known as "home brand" breast cancer, the most common type. We had some extremely anxious moments from the initial diagnosis to knowing exactly what we are dealing with. My wife is strong, determined,…
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How to get a clearer picture?
Hey everyone My name is Jess, I am 24 and I joined this group because my mother has recently been diagnosed with breast cancer and I am looking for some advice. When she was first diagnosed, she was given the option of having a mastectomy straight up or trying chemo every three weeks to see if they could shrink it and just…
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Newly Diagnosed & Struggling
Hi, I am 46 as was diagnosed with Invasive Ductal Carcinoma last week with a dodgy lymph node biopsied today. It's been quite overwhelming at times, surgery later this week and my journey will begin. Unfortunately cancer is not a new journey to my family, my son was diagnosed with brain cancer less than three years ago at…
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Sadness in May
Three weeks ago,I lost a friend to breast cancer and 11days ago I lost my dear mum to liver cancer. She was diagnosed 14 months ago and was told she'd only have 6 months to live.She decided against chemo which wouldn't give her a cure but perhaps extra time.Well she got an extra 8mths anyway and we looked after her in her…