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Forum: Just Diagnosed

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• Important links if just Diagnosed

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  Created by: Moderators on Apr 11, 2014 11:33AM

  Latest post: May 8, 2014 06:47PM by ednamary

• Just Diagnosed- Get Prepared

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  Created by: sas-schatzi on Feb 13, 2010 06:47AM

   

• Mend After Registry to help people going through cancer

  8 Posts 428 Views

  Created by: Moderators on Feb 27, 2019 05:23PM

  Latest post: Sep 6, 2019 05:16PM by IBJUSTFINE67

• BCO members for 10 or more years - read their inspiring stories

  75 Posts 4,852 Views

  Created by: Moderators on Mar 6, 2014 02:15AM

  Latest post: Jul 25, 2019 10:01AM by Moderators

• BCO Podcast: Explaining the New Staging Guidelines

  1 Posts 56 Views

  Created by: Moderators on Jul 24, 2019 06:22PM

  Latest post: Jul 24, 2019 06:22PM by Moderators

• NEW BCO Page: Before Treatment: Planning Ahead for Survivorship

  3 Posts 148 Views

  Created by: Moderators on Jan 24, 2019 03:43PM

  Latest post: Apr 6, 2019 06:31PM by PBNC

• What are the statistics of new cancer a third time?

  11 Posts 227 Views

  Created by: kossmore on Dec 7, 2019 08:25PM

  Latest post: 4 hours ago by edwards750

• I’m so ANGRY

  219 Posts 6,457 Views

  Created by: ChaClarey on Sep 7, 2019 09:27AM

  Latest post: Dec 6, 2019 11:53AM by SerenitySTAT

• Biopsy results are in. I am devastated.

  19 Posts 845 Views

  Created by: Arkiux on Aug 28, 2019 08:16PM

  Latest post: Dec 4, 2019 01:33PM by Maryjv

• Newly diagnosed

  9 Posts 206 Views

  Created by: Shelly9 on Nov 24, 2019 04:46PM

  Latest post: Dec 2, 2019 11:16AM by KIDI919

• Different HER2 status on 2 different tumors in the same breast

  8 Posts 111 Views

  Created by: bkerber on Nov 25, 2019 06:56PM

  Latest post: Dec 1, 2019 11:28AM by ElaineTherese

• Diagnosed and preparing for the next steps

  18 Posts 338 Views

  Created by: lumpynurse80 on Nov 24, 2019 12:36PM

  Latest post: Nov 27, 2019 04:16PM by lumpynurse80

• Treatment Question

  17 Posts 232 Views

  Created by: Willfight35 on Nov 20, 2019 09:28AM

  Latest post: Nov 24, 2019 12:09AM by Jackster51

• Here I go...

  14 Posts 339 Views

  Created by: rlmessy on Oct 18, 2019 06:59AM

  Latest post: Nov 23, 2019 10:20PM by Moderators

• PET scan after IDC diagnosis?

  20 Posts 274 Views

  Created by: Pingmama on Nov 19, 2019 09:43PM

  Latest post: Nov 22, 2019 08:45PM by WC3

• Diagnosed, thinking about lumpectomy

  28 Posts 422 Views

  Created by: geneseo on Nov 6, 2019 12:52PM

  Latest post: Nov 18, 2019 09:08PM by Bejeweled

• Insurance

  6 Posts 87 Views

  Created by: rightsidelefthand on Nov 14, 2019 12:17AM

  Latest post: Nov 14, 2019 10:05PM by edwards750

• Celebrities and Breast Cancer

  60 Posts 2,051 Views

  Created by: shlee on Oct 17, 2012 08:40PM

  Latest post: Nov 14, 2019 06:41AM by Lexica

• Diagnosed 10/16/19 Errors in report

  5 Posts 134 Views

  Created by: 444ItsHandled on Nov 13, 2019 03:21AM

  Latest post: Nov 13, 2019 02:59PM by 444ItsHandled

• When do you tell your employer about your diagnosis?

  28 Posts 328 Views

  Created by: Eigna on Aug 29, 2019 10:14PM

  Latest post: Nov 12, 2019 04:10PM by msphil

• People trying to help is going to drive me nuts. Can you relate?

  32 Posts 573 Views

  Created by: Dixie02 on Nov 1, 2019 05:50PM

  Latest post: Nov 12, 2019 03:11PM by mitziandbubba

• Lumpectomy vs Mastectomy, how to make that hard decision?

  9 Posts 183 Views

  Created by: San1975 on Oct 17, 2019 10:52AM

  Latest post: Nov 9, 2019 10:21PM by LillyWasHere

• Just diagnosed

  4 Posts 138 Views

  Created by: Jestjoan on Nov 5, 2019 08:35PM

  Latest post: Nov 7, 2019 02:04AM by MinusTwo

• To Holiday or cancel and start Chemo..

  8 Posts 202 Views

  Created by: tjpj on Oct 16, 2019 08:08AM

  Latest post: Nov 4, 2019 12:59AM by tjpj

• breast cancer

  2 Posts 82 Views

  Created by: Newportcookie on Nov 2, 2019 01:17PM

  Latest post: Nov 2, 2019 03:41PM by bcincolorado

• Why should I have chemo before surgery?

  21 Posts 413 Views

  Created by: Cdel on Oct 15, 2019 01:01PM

  Latest post: Nov 1, 2019 01:04PM by rjross24

• No Cancer found in breasts

  7 Posts 271 Views

  Created by: nurse2b10 on Oct 21, 2019 08:12PM

  Latest post: Oct 26, 2019 03:07AM by nurse2b10

• ILC

  3 Posts 62 Views

  Created by: KMom57 on Oct 23, 2019 06:59AM

  Latest post: Oct 23, 2019 11:49AM by Moderators

• Invasive Ductal Carcinoma

  30 Posts 610 Views

  Created by: Mrsmcg on Feb 2, 2018 01:21AM

  Latest post: Oct 20, 2019 08:01AM by flashlight