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Fraziska
Hi everyone, I live and work in Alice Springs.Had a Mastectomy and Lymphclearance 2 years ago.Also booked in May to have a Tram Flap Breastreconstruction. Now my question is I do and have done Pilates for many years was just wondering if there are specific Exersices post op .As it involves abdominal and arm muscle.I have a…
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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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10,000+ members!
I would like to post about my story, how BCNA helped me, and how I try to give back some of the wonderful support I received. Despite regular mammograms and ultrasounds, I found my lump in the shower last year. It was a large fast-growing mass, and a core biopsy showed high grade malignancy, suspicious for lymph invasion.…
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Not What we wanted to hear
Hi all, It's been a while since I last posted. I started 6 months of chemo on April 30. I am about to have a mastectomy Tuesday Oct 22, 2013. After cycles of FEC and Docetaxel, it appears they didn't do what we expected. Minimal change to the tumour - but it also spread to the liver. Oh dear! I started the monthly…
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Weekend Walk for Women's Cancers
So this weekend I will walk 60km to raise funds for Women's Cancer research in Brisbane. In memory of those that have passed, for those still fighting and for those that fought the battle and won. So thankful that I am able, and I'll give it all I've got despite very little preparation on my part. It's been 13 months since…