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Dating After a Breast Cancer Diagnosis
Getting back to dating after a breast cancer diagnosis can seem daunting, but it’s worth putting yourself out there if you want to meet someone new.
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Helpful Links for Single People About Breast Cancer
Dating After a Breast Cancer Diagnosis Podcast: Dating and Breast Cancer
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Single life after a mastectomy
Hello -- I'm a 47 year old single, who was diagnosed with DCIS grade 3 in early March. The affected area is quite large ... 15 cm in one direction. I have had two partial mastectomies and they still don't have clear margins, so I will be getting a full mastectomy on the left side in a few weeks. I guess I took the Dr's…
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Podcast: Dating and Breast Cancer
Dating and Breast Cancer April 29. 2022 In this episode, four different people explain their diagnoses and how they approached dating after breast cancer. Running time: 47:03 Listen now or read the transcript.
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Feeling humiliated trying to find an escort (a rant/vent)
I have a procedure (related to potential side effects of the hormone treatment) that requires sedation. I have had to ask multiple people to be my escort and none of them have been able to come. I honestly feel humiliated. I ended up asking someone I don't know all that well, who I just happened to see the week before, and…
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New serious relationship
I am 46. I was diagnosed at 40 as a single mom. I went through all of the treatment... Chemo, radiation, surgeries, reconstruction, etc. while being single. 5 years post-treatment, I am now in my first serious relationship. He's a great guy but wasn't there for everything I went through and doesn't get it. I struggle with…
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Boyfriend broke up with me a month after mastectomy
I was just wondering what others think about this. I was in a three-and-a-half-year relationship. We had issues, things weren't great. We broke up probably six or seven times. We were engaged at the time of my diagnosis of DCIS. We actually broke up the morning of my mammogram, and then after that, he professed his undying…
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Have any of you found love after your diagnosis and treatment?
Please, I am not referring to women whose DH's and BF's stayed with them during treatment, nor am I referring to ladies who are casually dating. But for us single ladies who would like to meet someone who did so - and it didn't matter to the guy - epecially those who had reconstruction. I am very lonely, but I just don't…