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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

  1 Posts 119 Views

  Created by: Moderators on Jan 29, 2016 11:44AM

  Latest post: Jan 29, 2016 11:44AM by Moderators

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

  1,831 Posts 22,963 Views

  Created by: DodgersGirl on Nov 30, 2017 01:37PM

  Latest post: 2 hours ago by Georgia1

• "Nesting" before follow-ups

  11 Posts 131 Views

  Created by: Catsme on Jul 15, 2019 09:32AM

  Latest post: Mar 13, 2020 06:17PM by romashka

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

  199 Posts 3,089 Views

  Created by: Beaverntx on Dec 10, 2018 06:53AM

  Latest post: Mar 8, 2020 06:31PM by Beaverntx

• Stop Smoking Support Thread

  13,164 Posts 173,088 Views

  Created by: webwriter on Jan 13, 2009 09:12PM

  Latest post: Mar 5, 2020 06:55PM by MinusTwo

• 2019 Diagnosed -- How are you doing

  34 Posts 628 Views

  Created by: cathy67 on Feb 12, 2020 01:31PM

  Latest post: Feb 29, 2020 01:38PM by cathy67

• Wish I wasn't so depressed.

  41 Posts 754 Views

  Created by: arizonaboundgal on Dec 2, 2019 02:34PM

  Latest post: Feb 26, 2020 01:41PM by AliceBastable

• Teachers with Breast Cancer

  2 Posts 33 Views

  Created by: ajminn3 on Feb 10, 2020 08:14AM

  Latest post: Feb 10, 2020 12:51PM by exbrnxgrl

• Life, or spiritual coaches during survivorship

  4 Posts 56 Views

  Created by: Mama2BC on May 8, 2019 05:51AM

  Latest post: Feb 8, 2020 07:54PM by rockymountaingirl

• 2014 Diagnosed - How are you doing?

  27 Posts 568 Views

  Created by: PerAngusta on Aug 1, 2017 01:56AM

  Latest post: Jan 31, 2020 08:20AM by WifeWBC

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

  80 Posts 1,946 Views

  Created by: illimae on Nov 17, 2017 05:32PM

  Latest post: Jan 20, 2020 12:39PM by DebAL

• Air travel after mastectomy?

  3 Posts 41 Views

  Created by: BCboard63 on Jan 17, 2020 08:58AM

  Latest post: Jan 17, 2020 12:56PM by BCboard63

• Having to give up dream because of cancer.

  5 Posts 142 Views

  Created by: dysonsphere on Dec 24, 2019 08:35AM

  Latest post: Dec 24, 2019 05:19PM by exbrnxgrl

• How has your BC experience changed you

  144 Posts 4,776 Views

  Created by: Moderators on Nov 18, 2014 05:26AM

  Latest post: Dec 23, 2019 12:40PM by AnnC2019

• Yearly mammos

  13 Posts 119 Views

  Created by: speace on Mar 10, 2019 05:50PM

  Latest post: Dec 21, 2019 07:16PM by Jelson

• I have no idea what I should do.

  9 Posts 179 Views

  Created by: CidneyI on Nov 14, 2019 11:18AM

  Latest post: Nov 16, 2019 09:31AM by SimoneRC

• Cancer Cluster?

  7 Posts 103 Views

  Created by: rozem on Nov 5, 2019 12:22PM

  Latest post: Nov 6, 2019 07:44AM by rozem

• I keep meeting women affected by breast cancer everywhere.

  8 Posts 192 Views

  Created by: WC3 on Oct 17, 2019 03:12PM

  Latest post: Nov 5, 2019 11:01AM by WC3

• Doctors who have breast cancer themselves

  3 Posts 91 Views

  Created by: evelyn7 on Nov 3, 2019 05:01PM

  Latest post: Nov 3, 2019 07:16PM by Yogatyme

• Can stress alone can give you BC

  12 Posts 249 Views

  Created by: Dhanno on Jun 7, 2018 12:50AM

  Latest post: Oct 13, 2019 10:12AM by rozem

• Can anastrozole cause blood vessels to break on lips

  1 Posts 12 Views

  Created by: viewfinder on Sep 23, 2019 05:14PM

  Latest post: Sep 23, 2019 05:14PM by viewfinder

• Using MRI to Follow Previously Diagnosed Women Finds More BC

  9 Posts 173 Views

  Created by: Moderators on Aug 7, 2019 12:58PM

  Latest post: Sep 14, 2019 06:00PM by jessie123

• Podcast: Cancer-Related Fatigue: What It Is & How to Manage It

  1 Posts 17 Views

  Created by: Moderators on Jul 9, 2019 01:03PM

  Latest post: Jul 9, 2019 01:03PM by Moderators

• BCO Blog: Breast Cancer Changed My Body, so I Redefined My Style

  1 Posts 15 Views

  Created by: Moderators on Jul 9, 2019 12:41PM

  Latest post: Jul 9, 2019 12:41PM by Moderators

• Any experience with Texas Oncology?

  7 Posts 104 Views

  Created by: Texas357 on Mar 5, 2019 08:27AM

  Latest post: Jun 9, 2019 04:59AM by Texas357

• We need a cure for breast cancer *ssholes!

  4 Posts 120 Views

  Created by: LaughingGull on May 12, 2019 11:01AM

  Latest post: May 12, 2019 05:46PM by AliceBastable

• How to change doctor

  6 Posts 71 Views

  Created by: Butterfly1234 on Apr 25, 2019 07:44AM

  Latest post: Apr 26, 2019 05:42AM by Butterfly1234

• Your new normal...What is it?

  10 Posts 306 Views

  Created by: ctmbsikia on Mar 18, 2019 10:28AM

  Latest post: Apr 19, 2019 08:44AM by ctmbsikia

• tamoxifen/ using different generic vs brand?

  7 Posts 52 Views

  Created by: Percyb on Mar 31, 2019 09:11PM

  Latest post: Apr 1, 2019 12:37PM by Percyb

• What is the usual Oncology follow-up

  19 Posts 379 Views

  Created by: mudd on May 31, 2018 08:47AM

  Latest post: Mar 1, 2019 05:26AM by edwards750