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Come a long way.
I've just reread my one and only post, and my word, it feels like a long time ago. It seems like a whole life has gone past in the last nine months. The panic attacks lessened after the initial shock. Then the six sessions of chemo were the hardest thing I've ever been through. A mastectomy, followed by eight weeks of an…
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very early diagnosis
I was diagnosed with early breast cancer on the 13th July 2012. I had an operation to remove the lump and one lymph node. everything seemed positive, the lump was small, no history in the family and I found it myself. The lymph node came back positive to everyone surprise, so my surgeon arranged for a second operation to…
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Starting Treatment
Hi All, I am about to start Radiation Therapy on Monday 18/6/12 at Macquarie University Hospital, with Professor John Boyages. I will be staying at the Robert Menzies College. I was wondering if anyone has stayed there? things to do in the area? hints to make my stay enjoyable? I am having the relatively new 3 week…
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Will you ever feel normal again? YES!
For anyone wondering whether they'll ever feel normal again... Found a lump in January this year; mastectomy in March; diagnosed grade 3, stage 3 (tumour 65mm); chemo (8 sessions, April-August); radiotherapy (5 weeks, finished 01october). Tomorrow: running 10km in the Race4Life here in Adelaide!