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A Little Embarrassing
Hi I'm Matt A male with breast cancer, I came across this site a couple of days ago, I've been reading a lot of blogs and has been very helpful wish I found this before I started my treatment :-), not sure what treatment I'm on but must be a common one, I do 4 at 3 week intervals with my 4th one this Friday then change…
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Just need some feeling of hope
hi ladies, not posted for a little while. had first chemo and had some side effects and then an abcess on my tooth which made me neutrophenic so hospital stay! ive been feeling very low and just feel like there’s no hope for me, like I can’t beat this. I’m stage 3, ER/PR - Her2 + wasn’t th lymph node involvement (including…
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INVISIBLE WOUNDS and The Power of Words.
I have a sad but true story about somebody who thought his feelings weren't valid or acceptable. At 3am one morning a man turned up at his home in a taxi. His wife didn’t expect him, surely somebody would have told her he was coming. He was snuck in under the cover of darkness, without announcement, so he wouldn’t have to…
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Research opportunity: Survey about the well-being of people affected by breast cancer
Hi all, I wanted to let you know about a research project you may be interested in participating in. Researchers at the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) are conducting a project aimed at finding the best ways to collect information about people’s health and well-being after receiving a…