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Forum: "Middle Age" 40-60(ish) Years Old With Breast Cancer

Meet others in this age-range who share similar life issues.

• Bilateral oophorectomy

  2 Posts 119 Views

  Created by: westiemom on May 1, 2010 02:12PM

  Latest post: May 1, 2010 02:22PM by awb

• Dealing with your teenager while dealing with breast cancer.

  41 Posts 968 Views

  Created by: vtmom on Nov 17, 2009 08:14AM

  Latest post: May 1, 2010 01:09AM by EnglishMajor

• Nipple Sparing Surgery

  6 Posts 179 Views

  Created by: westiemom on Mar 23, 2010 01:13AM

  Latest post: May 1, 2010 12:06AM by Kate33

• Looking for work with BC diagnosis

  19 Posts 312 Views

  Created by: frosty1 on Dec 17, 2009 04:24PM

  Latest post: Mar 25, 2010 10:57PM by frosty1

• This beast is ugly!

  4 Posts 178 Views

  Created by: dietcoke on Mar 21, 2010 04:01PM

  Latest post: Mar 21, 2010 11:11PM by cancersucks

• Birth Control Post Cancer

  1 Posts 91 Views

  Created by: chaparrita1 on Mar 21, 2010 12:48AM

  Latest post: Mar 21, 2010 12:48AM by chaparrita1

• Looking for 10 years+ BC survivors

  1 Posts 136 Views

  Created by: farooqbd on Mar 13, 2010 01:30AM

  Latest post: Mar 13, 2010 01:30AM by farooqbd

• Help!

  24 Posts 365 Views

  Created by: StillVerticle on Jan 16, 2010 05:11PM

  Latest post: Feb 14, 2010 04:26PM by Brendatrue

• Swelling after surgery

  6 Posts 165 Views

  Created by: horsegal13 on Dec 27, 2009 10:16AM

  Latest post: Feb 4, 2010 10:54PM by StillVerticle

• Where is Connie?

  1 Posts 110 Views

  Created by: pitanga on Jan 26, 2010 06:03PM

  Latest post: Jan 26, 2010 06:03PM by pitanga

• Made me laugh! I've lived so long that I'm "middle-aged"

  6 Posts 242 Views

  Created by: TammyLou on Nov 10, 2009 07:11AM

  Latest post: Dec 31, 2009 07:20PM by pickle

• LOL at this

  14 Posts 354 Views

  Created by: NancyD on Nov 10, 2009 06:45PM

  Latest post: Dec 11, 2009 08:30AM by Kitchenwitch