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Forum: Share Your Experiences Of Life After A Breast Cancer Diagnosis

Share your experiences of life after a breast cancer diagnosis and offer advice on how you cope with life's daily challenges, including how you develop a new daily/weekly routine while you deal with breast cancer.

• Marriage/committed partnerships-your inspirations, your stories

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  Created by: Moderators on Jan 29, 2016 07:44PM

  Latest post: Jan 29, 2016 07:44PM by Moderators

• Follow-up scans after treatment has ended

  5 Posts 32 Views

  Created by: kmldpl on 14 hours ago

  Latest post: 11 hours ago by kmldpl

• 2014 DX at 31 checking in... ER+PR+ Her2+

  1 Posts 22 Views

  Created by: VioletKali on Apr 1, 2021 08:45PM

  Latest post: Apr 1, 2021 08:45PM by VioletKali

• 2017 Diagnosed-- A Place To Share "What's Next"

  2,073 Posts 26,782 Views

  Created by: DodgersGirl on Nov 30, 2017 09:37PM

  Latest post: Mar 7, 2021 03:11PM by HersheyKiss

• Stop Smoking Support Thread

  13,193 Posts 173,560 Views

  Created by: webwriter on Jan 14, 2009 05:12AM

  Latest post: Jan 24, 2021 04:02AM by MinusTwo

• Mammogram frequency after cancer

  4 Posts 66 Views

  Created by: Togethertolearn on Dec 14, 2020 10:04PM

  Latest post: Jan 18, 2021 06:25PM by Togethertolearn

• Diagnosed/treated 2018 -- Sharing our "what's next"

  224 Posts 3,468 Views

  Created by: Beaverntx on Dec 10, 2018 02:53PM

  Latest post: Jan 9, 2021 05:02PM by flowergal

• Changes to family dynamic after diagnosis

  9 Posts 137 Views

  Created by: 3bears on Oct 28, 2020 08:39PM

  Latest post: Oct 31, 2020 03:15AM by MinusTwo

• Family support or intervention since your diagnosis.

  7 Posts 109 Views

  Created by: GraceOforiwa on Sep 28, 2020 08:04PM

  Latest post: Oct 19, 2020 06:37AM by GraceOforiwa

• I'm pretty fine- life after treatment

  6 Posts 146 Views

  Created by: OnTarget on Sep 26, 2020 04:44AM

  Latest post: Sep 28, 2020 03:25AM by OnTarget

• How Did Your Choose Your Forum Name?

  57 Posts 693 Views

  Created by: Sunshine99 on Apr 12, 2020 04:15PM

  Latest post: Sep 23, 2020 06:35PM by Fairchild

• Can stress alone can give you BC

  24 Posts 463 Views

  Created by: Dhanno on Jun 7, 2018 08:50AM

  Latest post: Sep 14, 2020 01:06AM by 2019whatayear

• Another mammogram coming up

  4 Posts 24 Views

  Created by: purplejc5 on Sep 11, 2020 02:06AM

  Latest post: Sep 11, 2020 01:13PM by ctmbsikia

• Sudden Anxiety About Dying - Normal??

  5 Posts 137 Views

  Created by: KARW41 on Jun 12, 2020 08:03PM

  Latest post: Jun 16, 2020 03:33AM by KARW41

• Anyone else feel good, like they don't have cancer?

  80 Posts 2,045 Views

  Created by: illimae on Nov 18, 2017 01:32AM

  Latest post: Jun 10, 2020 10:46PM by Seilien

• I don’t think I want to fight

  6 Posts 151 Views

  Created by: PMML on Apr 15, 2020 08:45AM

  Latest post: Apr 15, 2020 05:23PM by Beaverntx

• "Nesting" before follow-ups

  11 Posts 144 Views

  Created by: Catsme on Jul 15, 2019 05:32PM

  Latest post: Mar 14, 2020 01:17AM by romashka

• 2019 Diagnosed -- How are you doing

  34 Posts 708 Views

  Created by: cathy67 on Feb 12, 2020 09:31PM

  Latest post: Feb 29, 2020 09:38PM by cathy67

• Wish I wasn't so depressed.

  41 Posts 828 Views

  Created by: arizonaboundgal on Dec 2, 2019 10:34PM

  Latest post: Feb 26, 2020 09:41PM by AliceBastable

• Teachers with Breast Cancer

  2 Posts 38 Views

  Created by: ajminn3 on Feb 10, 2020 04:14PM

  Latest post: Feb 10, 2020 08:51PM by exbrnxgrl

• Life, or spiritual coaches during survivorship

  4 Posts 64 Views

  Created by: Mama2BC on May 8, 2019 01:51PM

  Latest post: Feb 9, 2020 03:54AM by rockymountaingirl

• 2014 Diagnosed - How are you doing?

  27 Posts 585 Views

  Created by: PerAngusta on Aug 1, 2017 09:56AM

  Latest post: Jan 31, 2020 04:20PM by WifeWBC

• Air travel after mastectomy?

  3 Posts 56 Views

  Created by: BCboard63 on Jan 17, 2020 04:58PM

  Latest post: Jan 17, 2020 08:56PM by BCboard63

• Having to give up dream because of cancer.

  5 Posts 159 Views

  Created by: dysonsphere on Dec 24, 2019 04:35PM

  Latest post: Dec 25, 2019 01:19AM by exbrnxgrl

• How has your BC experience changed you

  144 Posts 4,856 Views

  Created by: Moderators on Nov 18, 2014 01:26PM

  Latest post: Dec 23, 2019 08:40PM by AnnC2019

• Yearly mammos

  13 Posts 127 Views

  Created by: speace on Mar 11, 2019 12:50AM

  Latest post: Dec 22, 2019 03:16AM by Jelson

• I have no idea what I should do.

  9 Posts 193 Views

  Created by: CidneyI on Nov 14, 2019 07:18PM

  Latest post: Nov 16, 2019 05:31PM by SimoneRC

• Cancer Cluster?

  7 Posts 117 Views

  Created by: rozem on Nov 5, 2019 08:22PM

  Latest post: Nov 6, 2019 03:44PM by rozem

• I keep meeting women affected by breast cancer everywhere.

  8 Posts 201 Views

  Created by: WC3 on Oct 17, 2019 11:12PM

  Latest post: Nov 5, 2019 07:01PM by WC3