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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 10:33AM

  Latest post: May 8, 2014 05:47PM by ednamary

• Just Diagnosed- Get Prepared

  407 Posts 23,025 Views

  Created by: sas-schatzi on Feb 13, 2010 05:47AM

  Latest post: Sep 16, 2019 06:14PM by obsolete

• Mend After Registry to help people going through cancer

  8 Posts 412 Views

  Created by: Moderators on Feb 27, 2019 04:23PM

  Latest post: Sep 6, 2019 04:16PM by IBJUSTFINE67

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

  75 Posts 4,828 Views

  Created by: Moderators on Mar 6, 2014 01:15AM

  Latest post: Jul 25, 2019 09:01AM by Moderators

• BCO Podcast: Explaining the New Staging Guidelines

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  Created by: Moderators on Jul 24, 2019 05:22PM

  Latest post: Jul 24, 2019 05:22PM by Moderators

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

  3 Posts 137 Views

  Created by: Moderators on Jan 24, 2019 02:43PM

  Latest post: Apr 6, 2019 05:31PM by PBNC

• Is this why I feel more tired than I used to?

  11 Posts 81 Views

  Created by: Dixie02 on 11 hours ago

  Latest post: 3 minutes ago by MountainMia

• Here I go...

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  Created by: rlmessy on 13 minutes ago

  Latest post: 13 minutes ago by rlmessy

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

  5 Posts 49 Views

  Created by: San1975 on 20 hours ago

  Latest post: 14 hours ago by trinigirl50

• Why should I have chemo before surgery?

  10 Posts 150 Views

  Created by: Cdel on Oct 15, 2019 12:01PM

  Latest post: 16 hours ago by StAuggie

• I’m so ANGRY

  195 Posts 5,227 Views

  Created by: ChaClarey on Sep 7, 2019 08:27AM

  Latest post: 16 hours ago by movingsoccermom

• Terrified, continued

  2 Posts 40 Views

  Created by: Slg1324 on Oct 16, 2019 04:46PM

  Latest post: Oct 16, 2019 04:52PM by Slg1324

• To Holiday or cancel and start Chemo..

  4 Posts 73 Views

  Created by: tjpj on Oct 16, 2019 07:08AM

  Latest post: Oct 16, 2019 11:56AM by trinigirl50

• Ok- Got a verbal Diagnosis - Now what?

  7 Posts 144 Views

  Created by: rebakoosh on Oct 14, 2019 07:32PM

  Latest post: Oct 15, 2019 09:29AM by Nomoresideffects

• Two types of cancers in one?

  8 Posts 89 Views

  Created by: Ohthatcat on Oct 14, 2019 03:38PM

  Latest post: Oct 14, 2019 07:49PM by Ohthatcat

• Nervous... need to tell my mom

  47 Posts 718 Views

  Created by: Eigna on Sep 13, 2019 06:16PM

  Latest post: Oct 14, 2019 07:27PM by DiagnosisDisruption

• It just hit me

  54 Posts 1,037 Views

  Created by: DMHGF on Aug 19, 2019 07:04AM

  Latest post: Oct 14, 2019 10:30AM by Ingerp

• New diagnosis for Badluck!

  18 Posts 648 Views

  Created by: BadLuck on May 25, 2019 10:54AM

  Latest post: Oct 9, 2019 01:43PM by Yogatyme

• Just Diagnosed - What does this report tell me?

  10 Posts 360 Views

  Created by: MassGirl55 on Sep 30, 2019 10:13AM

  Latest post: Oct 8, 2019 02:02PM by MassGirl55

• Resource that kid helping me

  1 Posts 45 Views

  Created by: gretchy on Oct 7, 2019 11:02AM

  Latest post: Oct 7, 2019 11:02AM by gretchy

• When do you tell your employer about your diagnosis?

  27 Posts 271 Views

  Created by: Eigna on Aug 29, 2019 09:14PM

  Latest post: Oct 7, 2019 08:13AM by CleomeRuth

• Diagnosed this Monday....Mastectomy on Tuesday

  11 Posts 255 Views

  Created by: StaciaG on Sep 25, 2019 09:36PM

  Latest post: Oct 5, 2019 01:20PM by mac5

• Biopsy results are in. I am devastated.

  15 Posts 604 Views

  Created by: Arkiux on Aug 28, 2019 07:16PM

  Latest post: Oct 5, 2019 01:09PM by mac5

• Celebrities and Breast Cancer

  54 Posts 1,744 Views

  Created by: shlee on Oct 17, 2012 07:40PM

  Latest post: Oct 4, 2019 04:42PM by april1964

• What if I don’t do anything....

  29 Posts 520 Views

  Created by: Eigna on Sep 12, 2019 08:12PM

  Latest post: Oct 3, 2019 02:37AM by Meow13

• Just clinically diagnosed with stage 2 ILC

  4 Posts 121 Views

  Created by: LMP100 on Sep 28, 2019 09:24PM

  Latest post: Oct 1, 2019 07:24AM by OnTarget

• Recently Diagnosed...Waiting for Treatment Plan

  22 Posts 439 Views

  Created by: ange743 on Sep 14, 2019 08:10PM

  Latest post: Sep 28, 2019 10:47AM by Maryliz99

• Lumpectomy or Mastectomy

  5 Posts 102 Views

  Created by: Luvadog on Sep 7, 2019 01:57PM

  Latest post: Sep 26, 2019 07:03PM by msphil

• Chances of a pet scan tomorrow and nervous

  16 Posts 323 Views

  Created by: Missmom79 on Sep 2, 2019 08:36PM

  Latest post: Sep 24, 2019 10:01PM by Missmom79

• 2.5 cm of IDC found on excisional biopsy

  16 Posts 332 Views

  Created by: Missmom79 on Sep 10, 2019 08:10PM

  Latest post: Sep 22, 2019 11:45AM by FarAwayToo