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Forum: Just Diagnosed

Discuss next steps, options, and resources.

• 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

  404 Posts 22,712 Views

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

  Latest post: Aug 8, 2019 09:56PM by Seamuis

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

  75 Posts 4,753 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 25 Views

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

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

• Mend After Registry to help people going through cancer

  8 Posts 379 Views

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

  Latest post: May 16, 2019 12:54PM by Moderators

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

  3 Posts 118 Views

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

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

• So overwhelmed.

  11 Posts 113 Views

  Created by: ARL624 on Aug 17, 2019 02:29AM

  Latest post: 4 hours ago by ARL624

• Diagnosed today with IDC

  16 Posts 302 Views

  Created by: Deenster on Aug 12, 2019 02:46PM

  Latest post: Aug 15, 2019 09:50PM by ARL624

• Idc/IBC

  3 Posts 82 Views

  Created by: Missmom79 on Aug 13, 2019 05:01PM

  Latest post: Aug 13, 2019 08:48PM by Missmom79

• Diagnosed With Invasive Mammary Carcinoma

  5 Posts 57 Views

  Created by: AngieB92 on Aug 12, 2019 12:10PM

  Latest post: Aug 12, 2019 06:05PM by AngieB92

• Best Doctors at MSK - Need Recommendations

  3 Posts 57 Views

  Created by: CTaylor100 on Aug 10, 2019 05:17PM

  Latest post: Aug 11, 2019 04:14PM by santabarbarian

• Sad, scared, and feeling alone.

  26 Posts 629 Views

  Created by: Topogjo on Jun 30, 2019 08:50PM

  Latest post: Aug 8, 2019 09:38PM by edwards750

• 2nd biopsy after MRI

  6 Posts 51 Views

  Created by: Kat01 on Aug 7, 2019 11:09AM

  Latest post: Aug 7, 2019 11:16PM by edwards750

• Diagnosed today with IDC. Overwhelmed.

  28 Posts 472 Views

  Created by: Karen2019 on Jul 15, 2019 04:47PM

  Latest post: Aug 7, 2019 09:48AM by Karen2019

• Need your advice

  20 Posts 291 Views

  Created by: Ann_James on Aug 1, 2019 03:37AM

  Latest post: Aug 6, 2019 03:13PM by Ann_James

• Increase in Tumor Growth After Biopsy?

  8 Posts 254 Views

  Created by: Lexica on Nov 11, 2017 03:19PM

  Latest post: Aug 6, 2019 12:11PM by AngryBird

• Waiting 2 tell family & my 2nd disease; one wasn't enuf, sigh

  19 Posts 324 Views

  Created by: wildchid on Jul 23, 2019 01:00PM

  Latest post: Aug 5, 2019 11:57AM by wildchid

• Overwhelmed and Underprepared

  12 Posts 305 Views

  Created by: eskfrussell on Jun 13, 2019 02:56PM

  Latest post: Aug 4, 2019 01:26PM by msphil

• Where to begin? Trigger warning: I'm depressed and jaded

  20 Posts 441 Views

  Created by: HeartShapedBox on May 29, 2019 02:49AM

  Latest post: Aug 2, 2019 09:53AM by Homemadesalsa

• Contralateral BC Survival Stats

  9 Posts 138 Views

  Created by: TheLadyGrey on Jul 22, 2019 11:47AM

  Latest post: Jul 27, 2019 01:44PM by Belinda977

• Has anyone had a Goldilocks mastectomy

  12 Posts 312 Views

  Created by: Kathi2018 on May 28, 2018 10:22AM

  Latest post: Jul 24, 2019 07:49PM by Margun

• What do you ladies think?

  15 Posts 143 Views

  Created by: arizonaboundgal on Jul 23, 2019 07:04AM

  Latest post: Jul 23, 2019 06:55PM by beep7bop

• sore area on breast dismissed/turn out to be cancer

  8 Posts 315 Views

  Created by: beep7bop on Mar 20, 2019 10:32PM

  Latest post: Jul 23, 2019 06:25PM by msphil

• So it turned out to be ILC...im 46

  13 Posts 255 Views

  Created by: Trying2staypositive on Jul 15, 2019 10:26PM

  Latest post: Jul 23, 2019 12:43PM by Trying2staypositive

• Advice for a single woman prior to starting treatment?

  22 Posts 291 Views

  Created by: Karen2019 on Jul 16, 2019 11:41AM

  Latest post: Jul 21, 2019 09:14PM by GiddyupGirl

• Struggling with telling friends & family

  15 Posts 196 Views

  Created by: 55cellos on Jun 24, 2019 10:39AM

  Latest post: Jul 21, 2019 07:31PM by Acucindy

• Crippled to make a decision. Need your help!

  32 Posts 646 Views

  Created by: akhan2019 on Jun 19, 2019 11:19AM

  Latest post: Jul 21, 2019 04:34PM by Salamandra

• They want more tattoos? Where/how many did u get?

  11 Posts 84 Views

  Created by: breast2beast on Jul 20, 2019 05:41AM

  Latest post: Jul 20, 2019 11:18AM by breast2beast

• Just recently diagnosed. Could use a friend.

  45 Posts 1,129 Views

  Created by: Star111 on Jun 1, 2019 12:13PM

  Latest post: Jul 16, 2019 08:35PM by Star111