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Cath62 said: Glad to hear you are going well and all with your chemo curls too @Bean73. I am a year post treatment too. Congratulations on getting through it all. Thanks Cath. Wow, I just read your bio - we were diagnosed the same time. It weirdly worked well for me during Covid as I was able to keep everything confidential from my workplace since we converted to WFH during my chemo. I am very private about my health and only my immediate family (and BCNA family!) know :)6Views0likes0CommentsRe: 46 / Hi / Comfort of knowing you guys are here /(IVF link?)
AllyJay said: Great to hear that you're through the other side of chemo and surgery. You don't say if the calcifications are in the same breast as before, but if so, hopefully they may be scar related. If not, as you say, it would have been caught very early. I hope it's all just something of nuisance value. Thanks. Ah! Yes it is the same breast so I am really hoping it is scar or radiation related. I guess the fact that it has changed in 6 months is concerning though. If it is malignant. I wonder if it will be treated with radiation or chemo?6Views0likes0CommentsRe: 46 / Hi / Comfort of knowing you guys are here /(IVF link?)
Hello everyone Thank you all for your support on my first post here in March 2020. What a difference a year makes! I am now here sitting with my lovely chemo curls <3 after - 2 types of chemo, - 2 surgeries (lumpectomy and then went in again to remove all lymph nodes) & - radiation All finished in Dec 2020. Post care is - Goselerin injections 1 x mo - Exemestane tablets daily - Zometa infusions every 6 mo for 2 yrs In June this year there was some calcification showing up in a mammogram. I went back today for a second mammogram and the spots are slightly bigger, so I have a biopsy booked this Friday. I figure worst case scenario is that if it is malignant it has been caught early.6Views0likes0CommentsRe: 46 / Hi / Comfort of knowing you guys are here /(IVF link?)
Thank you @kmakm ❤️ That sounds like the way I would handle it in terms of letting the least possible people know! I have a med cert to take tmr off work in case I’m not up to it emotionally after my specialist appt tmr morning - but I’m here stewing over what to say my reason is for calling in sick! I certainly don’t want to tell my work the real reason at this stage. Then I’ve got my uni studies that I guess I’m going to have to defer on. It’s too early to know what treatment I’m gonna get but studying may not be the best thing with the side effects, I don’t know. It sucks, as my goal was to finish this 2nd degree before I turned 50. Thank you so much for all the information and the tip about private vs public. I actually only recently got private insurance and just figured that’d be the way to go. I will do some research. Today has been so surreal, numbing and almost like I’ve been superficially acting out my life and the necessary conversations, but being detached & not feeling it. I’m sure it will get better after the initial shock. Next my husband, parents and brother will have to go through the shock and I don’t want them to have to! Again thank you really soo much for reaching out. ❤️ I feel like I’m gonna spend tonight listening to YouTube for a distraction. Not sure if I’ll get any sleep!7Views2likes0Comments46 / Hi / Comfort of knowing you guys are here /(IVF link?)
Hi all I know this is a weird first post for “Newly Diagnosed”! but Im alone today, the day I got the call, and I literally just wanted to reach out to my sisters who know how I feel. It’s comforting to know you’re out there. Right now I can just say hi. I’m still numb and I can’t bring myself to write the details just yet. I will go into my story later but it’s literally only been a few hrs since I got the Big C phone call and then met with my lovely GP who stayed back late for me. The timing today was awful as my husband is currently overseas and he’s still asleep over there. I even called but he sleeps through anything! I don’t want to tell my parents yet until I know more about what my diagnosis is. They will worry themselves sick and that would make me feel even worse. It is such a shock - no cancer family history! The “coincidence” is that I just had 3 IVF cycles - last one December 2019. it’s just making me think, all those oestrogen injections.... (I know the studies say the link is inconclusive - this may just be me trying to rationalise it atm) Anyway thank you guys for humouring me - I will write more after my specialist appt. My GP got me in for tmr morning for which I’m eternally grateful. I’m glad I don’t have spend the weekend not knowing more info. This is a whole new world to me and I admire each and every one of you. xxxx609Views1like22Comments
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