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Triple positive looking for buddies and hope
Hi everyone I am a 42 yr old working (previously) single mum with a 15 and 18 yr old.Diagnosed on the 3 August with HER2 positive E + P + still learning lots thought I was triple negative :( whoops nope I am positive I have had a right breast mastectomy and auxiliary node clearance done a week ago today,I live in the south…
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Nat wants to cut off her boobs for no reason
Ok I'm back with another sticky situation Nat has gone 3 years with no reoccurrence but she has had major anxiety about cancer coming back, every twinge has been scanned and it's all come back all clear, her Brca test came back insignificant (not enough family history ) she told her breast surgeon this week she wants a…
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Has anyone heard from Summer ?
Hello. I have been trying to contact my friend Summer (Summerhill38) who was very kind to me when I was diagnosed and had surgery. She is not answering her door or phone. Summer had found a lump and was going for tests this week. She had never had any tests on the mastectomy side until she insisted this week - what the ?…
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Hello
Hello, what a great group this is. I’ve been reading posts since my her2 positive diagnosis and thought it was time to join in. I’m recently diagnosed and I will be having chemo every 3 weeks for six months, followed by radiation and then I’ve opted for a double mastectomy with reconstruction. I’m not cranky, just scared,…
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Nipple Tattoo
https://twitter.com/Jo_Hall9/status/1028186767634063360 On tonight's Melbourne Channel 9 news was a story on Nipple Tattoos - link above is the twitter of the reporter. Dean Trotter was the surgeon featured (I think some of you have mentioned him as being your Specialist) and the charity that helped make it all possible is…
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TNBC reducing risk through removal of ovaries, fallopian tubes and uterus-anyone else advised this?
TNBC July 2017-partial mastectomy, chemo & rads. I spoke with the oncologist and surgeon about having a bilateral mastectomy to reduce my risk of recurrence. I trust both of these medical specialists but I am trying to work out whats best to do. I know of women who have chosen to have bilateral mastectomy but only a few…
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Breast tissue left behind
I had a double skin and nipple saving mastectomy last year, just about to start reconstrucion and there seems to be an amount of breast tissue left behind. Has this happened to anyone else and if so how much?
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Double mastectomy with immediate TRAM flap reconstruction
Is there anyone out there who has had this procedure? I'm in Brisbane and shall be in the public health system.