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If you have just been diagnosed here are a few places to start from the main Breastcancer.org site: Understanding Your Pathology Report Stages of Breast Cancer and What They Mean HER2 Status and How it Affects Treatment Hormone Receptor Status and What It Means for Treatment Planning Your Treatment Why So Many Types of…
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My breast cancer was diagnosed in Jan 09. My husband was dx'd with lymphoma in April. The following are some things we learned on our journey. I hope they help. Rather than rewrite everything in sequence, because I missed putting the fax in the rewrite of the outline, I'll put it here. I strongly recommend you get a fax…
Close family member in her 80s dx with breast cancer two weeks ago. Struggling to get breast surgeon consult and medical oncologist scheduled. Expecting urgency but response has been poor. What is reasonable expectation? Am I being un reasonable to expect things to be scheduled within days not week of Dx? Thxs
Hello. I was diagnosed in April, and finally got a surgery date for July 6th. My prognostic report said my cancer was estrogen and progesterone positive and moderately invasive. My surgeon has told me I will be put on Tamoxifen after surgery. I am concerned because I am an Endometrial Cancer Survivor and had a total…
Hello All- I was diagnosed a few weeks ago- Stage 1, triple negative breast cancer . I will be having my nipple sparing mastectomy in a week and was leaning towards bilateral until the PS casually mentioned the loss of sensation. I'm like "what!?!? you need to START with that in our convo, not end with it!" he said they is…
I want help knowing how I can support her and help her through this difficult time
Just found out my diagnosis 2 weeks ago. Have felt like I have been in an emotional fog until a few days ago. It was just too big for me to wrap my head around. Too many questions and variables to think about. Guess I needed to process through it. I am happy to have found this place. The information has been invaluable. I…
I am 73 and have just been diagnosed with stage 2b triple negative breast cancer. Will be starting 4 months of chemo and immunotherapy shortly —then surgery—then who knows! Is there anyone out there that has had a similar experience with a decent outcome. I really need some encouragement right now
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