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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 08:33AM

  Latest post: May 8, 2014 03:47PM by ednamary

• Just Diagnosed- Get Prepared

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  Created by: sas-schatzi on Feb 13, 2010 03:47AM

  Latest post: Jan 14, 2020 06:47AM by milaheta

• Mend After Registry to help people going through cancer

  9 Posts 449 Views

  Created by: Moderators on Feb 27, 2019 02:23PM

  Latest post: Dec 20, 2019 09:18AM by Moderators

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

  75 Posts 4,884 Views

  Created by: Moderators on Mar 5, 2014 11:15PM

  Latest post: Jul 25, 2019 07:01AM by Moderators

• BCO Podcast: Explaining the New Staging Guidelines

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  Created by: Moderators on Jul 24, 2019 03:22PM

  Latest post: Jul 24, 2019 03:22PM by Moderators

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

  3 Posts 152 Views

  Created by: Moderators on Jan 24, 2019 12:43PM

  Latest post: Apr 6, 2019 03:31PM by PBNC

• 26 years old and just diagnosed with IDC

  167 Posts 2,986 Views

  Created by: hray1993 on Dec 19, 2019 05:51PM

  Latest post: 3 hours ago by hray1993

• Her2 +ve, ER/PR -ve, Targeted therapy before or after surgery

  10 Posts 108 Views

  Created by: Novice300861 on Jan 2, 2020 09:59PM

  Latest post: 18 hours ago by ElaineTherese

• Waiting time for surgery

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  Created by: cutiekate on 21 hours ago

  Latest post: 21 hours ago by cutiekate

• Vague diagnosis - Ductal Carcinoma

  19 Posts 215 Views

  Created by: scoop on Jan 14, 2020 02:02PM

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• feeling overwhelmed

  4 Posts 84 Views

  Created by: sheenacv on Jan 14, 2020 04:45PM

  Latest post: Jan 16, 2020 07:11PM by msphil

• Surgery or Chemo first?

  23 Posts 147 Views

  Created by: ScatteredEnergy on Jan 14, 2020 01:43PM

  Latest post: Jan 16, 2020 07:07PM by ScatteredEnergy

• Diagnosis - What treatments did you have?

  14 Posts 208 Views

  Created by: Willfight35 on Jan 6, 2020 08:41PM

  Latest post: Jan 16, 2020 06:11PM by Cowgirl13

• IDC ER/PR negative HER2 positive treatment options

  10 Posts 128 Views

  Created by: Mwgirlintx on Jan 12, 2020 02:26PM

  Latest post: Jan 16, 2020 03:08PM by KV99

• Journaling/keeping track of appts., etc.

  19 Posts 144 Views

  Created by: ScatteredEnergy on Jan 6, 2020 08:10AM

  Latest post: Jan 16, 2020 01:24PM by Moderators

• Grade 1 or Grade 2? Nottingham Score of 4.

  9 Posts 108 Views

  Created by: Anne2871 on Jan 13, 2020 10:13PM

  Latest post: Jan 14, 2020 10:18PM by Anne2871

• Pathology Report Interpretion: Please help

  4 Posts 56 Views

  Created by: cutiekate on Jan 13, 2020 02:21PM

  Latest post: Jan 13, 2020 03:22PM by Beesie

• PET scan after IDC diagnosis?

  25 Posts 399 Views

  Created by: Pingmama on Nov 19, 2019 06:43PM

  Latest post: Jan 8, 2020 01:29PM by Nancy2581

• The Club No One Wants to Join

  12 Posts 235 Views

  Created by: kikind on Dec 16, 2019 02:04PM

  Latest post: Jan 7, 2020 06:45AM by claireinaz

• Biopsy results are in. I am devastated.

  20 Posts 989 Views

  Created by: Arkiux on Aug 28, 2019 05:16PM

  Latest post: Jan 5, 2020 12:49PM by msphil

• Finding good cancer center

  5 Posts 81 Views

  Created by: snowshoe05 on Jan 1, 2020 09:09PM

  Latest post: Jan 5, 2020 05:17AM by claireinaz

• Breast Cancer Stage 4 Survival Rate

  4 Posts 171 Views

  Created by: confusedgirl on Jan 4, 2020 04:33AM

  Latest post: Jan 4, 2020 12:13PM by MinusTwo

• Testing Daughters

  6 Posts 100 Views

  Created by: AnnC2019 on Jan 1, 2020 05:20AM

  Latest post: Jan 4, 2020 08:43AM by AnnC2019

• Just wanted to introduce myself

  14 Posts 354 Views

  Created by: ScatteredEnergy on Dec 12, 2019 07:23AM

  Latest post: Jan 3, 2020 06:12AM by ScatteredEnergy

• Did anyone take Short Term Disability before surgery?

  3 Posts 82 Views

  Created by: dysonsphere on Dec 28, 2019 06:21AM

  Latest post: Dec 29, 2019 07:51PM by msphil

• PET scan denied by insurance (Avmed)

  27 Posts 257 Views

  Created by: ScatteredEnergy on Dec 26, 2019 08:13AM

  Latest post: Dec 27, 2019 04:33PM by AliceBastable

• How to distract yourself from bad thoughts?

  11 Posts 224 Views

  Created by: Imation on Dec 17, 2019 03:06PM

   

• Celebrities and Breast Cancer

  69 Posts 2,548 Views

  Created by: shlee on Oct 17, 2012 05:40PM

  Latest post: Dec 20, 2019 06:24PM by Askmissa

• Questions for those that have been treated at MD Anderson.

  17 Posts 240 Views

  Created by: dysonsphere on Dec 16, 2019 08:19AM

  Latest post: Dec 17, 2019 07:32PM by DorothyB

• Newly diagnosed

  16 Posts 398 Views

  Created by: Shelly9 on Nov 24, 2019 01:46PM

  Latest post: Dec 17, 2019 06:52AM by MsAbi