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Results are in.
hi everyone, just wanted to share some positve news in our triple negative group. Today I got my cat scan results. I am all fine. No sign of metastatic disease. Such good news. I am now 4 years post my second diagnosis. Just wanted all you newly diagnosed ladies to know that it's not all doom and gloom for us. Yes I had a…
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Triple Negative Breast Cancer/Grade 3
Hi I have Triple Negative Breast Cancer, Grade 3. I have had a Lumpectomy and now have to have Chemo and Radiation. I am okay with the Radiation but not sure on Chemo is anyone out there that has the same ????? Treatment is 3rd Generation Drugs Fluorouracil, Epirubicin, Cyclophosphamide and followed by Docetaxel. I really…
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Hi
Hi all - I'm a newbie here - have just been diagnosed with TNBC - struggling to get my head around it............I went to the GP about 6 weeks ago with a scratchy throat and some swollen glands - he ran some tests and ordered a chest x-ray - chest x-ray showed emphysema 'oh and btw you have a lump in your breast' - had a…
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TNBC
hi i placed a blog on the triple neg site so hoping to get a few replies and advice bit stressed at the moment . just me maybe. anyway look foreward to some in put . fran
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Overwhelmed!
Hi my name is Nat I am 42 years old and this is my first post....I have been reading others posts and collecting my thoughts for a few days before I decided to start my blog...so here goes! I am newly diagnosed 12/02/15 and have an Invasive Ductal Carcinonma Grade 3 and am Triple Negative. Wow cant believe I got that out!…
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Triple negative & BRCA1
hi just found out yesterday i am braca 1 pos and that my cancer diagnosed 7 yrs ago was triple neg , i had partial mastectomy chemo and radio was a high grade 3 medulary ductal carcinoma. So trying to get my head around this will need surgery to have one fellopian tube and ovary removed , as when i had my hyster i was…
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Steel Magnolias
I was diagnosed with Breast Cancer just before Christmas, unfortunately life doesn’t care what day it is. After being diagnosed, I had a week to wait for my appointment with the Breast Surgeon. I used the time to do what every self respecting newly diagnosed patient does, and googled everything to do with my results, which…
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Article on triple negative breast cancer
Hi girls, I've just read this very recent article from the UK about research into tnbc and you may be interested to read it too. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/11336050/Breast-cancer-breakthrough-as-Cambridge-University-finds-gene-behind-killer-disease.html Best wishes girls ??? Ricki
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Shattered...
Very recent diagnosis of triple negitive Invasive Ductal Carcinoma grade 3c. Diagnosis 18/12/2014 size of a marbel now the size of a orange... Had to fight for chemo, I was unfortunate to get breast ca over Christmas. Not much biological family contact, but I have now found out I gave an extensive family history of breast…
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BRCA1
I am 46 and have just found out that I have the BRAC1 gene mutation. I was not surprised as my first cousin (from my dad's side) also has the gene mutation. I am currenly having chemotherapy treatment for early breast cancer (triple negative). I feel like I am a ticking bomb...that it is just a matter of time that I will…
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Triple negative breast cancer
I have Triple negative breast cancer for the 2nd time around. I am about to finish my 2nd course of chemo and my oncologist is suggesting maintenance chemo for the rest of my life. One option is a twice daily tablet called Zolodin. Is anyone taking this drug ? How do you find it ?
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Periods, do they return after chemo?
Hi Girlies I'm interested to know if anyones period has returned after chemo?I have triple negative bc so I wont receive any hormone therapy as it doesn't respond. I have recently undergone fertility treament to harvest some embryos prior to chemo but I was unable to produce any eggs. The doctor explained before I lay on…
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hello
hello, I have been reading the online posts for a few weeks now but this is my first blog post. I was diagnosed with stage 2b triple negative bc on 18th September. up to the point of actually getting biopsy results I was sure it was all a mistake. lost my sister last year to secondary bc, and an aunt and cousins some years…
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hello
hello, I have been reading the online posts for a few weeks now but this is my first blog post. I was diagnosed with stage 2b triple negative bc on 18th September. up to the point of actually getting biopsy results I was sure it was all a mistake. lost my sister last year to secondary bc, and an aunt and cousins some years…
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Mastectomy?
Hi Ladies, I am 31 and was diagnosed in Dec 2013 with grade 3 TNBC. Tumour 1cm with 6 positive lymph nodes. I had a lumpectomy and full axillary clearance and I'm about to have my last round of TAC chemo next week. Now that I'm coming to the end of chemo I feel more nervous about having a recurrence and I'm considering…