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I miss her
I have lost my mum very recently (May 13th 2014) She was diagnosed with triple negative metaplastic breast cancer on New Years Eve 2012. She had a mastectomy a month after diagnosis, agressive chemo then radiation which took us up to Nov 2013. She developed a sore back during radiation and it was found that it had spread…
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BCNA needs the help of partners/family
BCNA is currently working to revise and redevelop our website and would love to have the input of partners/family members. We wanted to ensure that the information and services available to those affected by breast cancer is easy to access and understand. To help us do this, we are holding a group session in South…
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new to BCNA
Hi all, just looking to join group for support and to ask questions as i do not currently have breast cancer but my sister has it and my mother and another sister have both died of breast cancer so it is a little scary for me at this stage
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Advice on Telling Kids
Hi Everyone, I was told I had invasive BC and DCIS in my right breast yesterday, today I saw the surgeon and I have a lumpectomy and some lymph nodes to be removed in two weeks time. It is all happening very quickly and my head is spinning but I am feeling like I am doing something proactive to address this cancer. My…
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Just diagnosed
Hi Everyone, I am new to this.... breast cancer and posting! Having read other posts it has encouraged me to do this and reach out to others, and maybe even be able to help others. I was diagnosed with early breast cancer on the 12th March 2014, I had a mastecotomy on the 25th March and am now about to go down the path of…
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Happy New Year
Gosh just realised I have not blogged for while but rest assured I'm still here!! I've been having ups and downs by the bucket load and am currently having some more radiation as woke up on Christmas Day and couldn't lift my arm or leg. I rang the home nurse and she fixed me up so I had a lovely day. I LOVE christmas and…
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Stopping Chemo
Hi, my mum 63years old is currently going through hell. She had her first chemo on the 26th March for invasive stage 3 breast cancer and hormone positive with lymph node negative. Mum had a lumpectomy and surgeon said they got the lot but suggested she have adjuvant therapy - chemo, radiation and then HRT. She felt good…
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First Blog
I have just received my diagnosis of Cancer. My biopsy shows that it is currently only in the breast and not in the lymph nodes as yet. However having lost a close friend last year to another form of Cancer who has children similar ages to my step-son and daughter and another friend's dad has just been informed that he…
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New diagnosis
Hi, my name is Tatjana, I'm 44 married with 3 kids ages 3.5, 6.5 & 10, I have just be diagnosed with Ductal Cancer in my left breast. Yesterday I had a lymp node biopsy and will get my results on Wed next week. I have only told a few close friends, as I'm afraid of my kids finding out from others first. My husband and I…
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Now it's Mums turn!
I can say at the present time I am cancer free! It has been just twelve months since my last Radiation treatment. I worked the whole time I had treatment I was one of the lucky ones with a low grade cancer completly excised. Unfortunately, late last year my Mum broke her wrist in three places and one day in the shower she…
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Helping Mum
Hi Everybody I posted a few weeks ago about my 81 year old mother who had been diagnosed with HER2 positive (hormone negative) breast cancer. She had a left breast mastectomy on 8 January. We have been to the oncologist and after a lot of tests, we were told today that she has secondaries in her lungs. I am gutted. She has…
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Goodbye, Mum
It's over. My beautiful Mum died on 14 December last year and I still can't believe I'm writing that... that it happened. Life without her still seems incomprehensible! She was in a lot of pain at the end, but eventually was sedated and medicated and slipped into a deep sleep. She died with my three brothers and Dad and I…
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Mums struggle
Last October 2 years ago mum was diagnosed with breast cancer. The reason for the discovery was that she felt something was wrong but her femal GP kept saying your two years aren't up yet. It was a fight for her to get a mammogram earlier that the two year period. Not happy with the ongoing refusals of her GP she went to a…