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Recently diagnosed at 28 !
I thought i would drop by and say hello and share my experience so far I first noticed a lump on my left breast on the areola in May but completely ignored it thinking that it is just a cyst/inflammation due to the location of the lump, lack of family history for it to be cancer and i thought "surely i wouldn't have breast…
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Newly diagnosed at age 34
Hi everyone, just felt like I needed to share my story in a supportive forum with like minded people. I was diagnosed with breast cancer on 23rd August after a routine ultrasound - I have a family history of breast cancer so had been getting routine ultrasounds. My mother was also diagnosed with breast cancer at 34 years…
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Fertility post chemo
hi everyone i hope everyone is kicking butt on their journey. i am 30 and was diagnosed 3 months ago with TN. I have a 14 month old son and didn't have time to freeze any eggs before chemo started. My question is, has anyone here had a baby post treatment or got an idea of what their fertility was? i would love to think I…
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A journey ahead.
Hello all, this is my first post... At 34 years, I felt life was good, happily married, achieved my dream career and blessed to be able to spend time with little daughter. Life couldn't get much better until my world was turned upside down after being diagnosed with breast cancer on June 6th of this year. The last 4 months…
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Coping with uncertainty and waiting
Hi everyone, I'm 33 and have just had a double mastectomy for what they think is high grade, bilateral dcis. I chose mastectomy over lumpectomy/radio. I'm struggling emotionally less with the mastectomy and more with the idea of the disease. Diagnosis to surgery was probably 3 weeks. I've been in hospital a week now with…
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Just diagnosed - 22 years old
Hi everyone, I was diagnosed with invasive ductal cancer on June 20th 2016. I also know it is triple negative? I have to have some more biopsy'sand a bone scan to see if I need chemo first or surgery then chemo. My breast care nurse told me I'll be having the strongest chemo and probably having treatment for 8+ months. I…
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So, i have breast cancer...
Hi there, My name is Leila, I'm 34, mum to four kids (aged from 7 up to 15) and I have just been diagnosed on Friday 24/6/16 with Invasive Ductal cancer? It was quite a shock, thankfully it appears to have been picked up early, the mass is just 1.7cm. It all still seems quite surreal, logically I understand it all and…
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My 19 year old girlfriend was recently diagnosed with breast cancer. I don't know what to do
About a month ago my girlfriend was diagnosed with stage 1 breast cancer. Surprisingly she seemed like she was doing so well considering her situation. I have been so proud of how strong she has been throughout it all. Recently I noticed she had been very distant. She hardly seemed interested in anything we used to talk…
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I am not cancer. I am me.
Gardener, artist, writer, musician, athlete, daughter, sister, aunty, wife, mum, grandmother... In our first major appeal of 2016, we’re not just asking people to give to BCNA. We’re inviting women and men affected by breast cancer to create their own supporter pages and share their stories. We know you are more than…
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First post, can't believe this is happening
So just got out of hospital yesterday, 2 weeks after finding out the lump I found was breast cancer. The freeloaders have been removed and I'm waiting again for more results. The waiting is excruciating - I just want to know what's going on. I've never done blogs or anything before, I don't do social media or anything but…
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Boarding for breast cancer
Here's a cool and very different kind of breast cancer awareness event. Boarding for Breast Cancer (B4BC) is US event committed to spreading breast cancer awareness to young people in the action sports community and it just celebrated its 20th anniversary. It took place at Sierra Nevada, a gorgeous mountain range that's…
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Newly diagnosed
hi there, I am 30 years old and have just been diagnosed with BC which doctors think is IBC grade 3 (not sure of stage) I have had a swollen breast for nearly 6 weeks which doc initially thought was an infection. 3 biopsies later and I have a semi diagnosis. I have no family history of BC. I am also HER2+. I have noticed…