A special and safe place for the LGBTQ community diagnosed with breast cancer to connect.
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Jun 30, 2016 02:38PM
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Wicked
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Any other lesbians really offended by this? My wife was sitting right next to me when they told me. We both looked at each other like they were crazy.
Taking early retirement from having boobs!
Dx
5/2016, LCIS, Both breasts
Surgery
7/25/2016 Lumpectomy: Left, Right
Dx
8/9/2016, ILC, Left, <1cm, Stage IA, 0/5 nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2-
Surgery
11/14/2016 Lymph node removal: Sentinel; Mastectomy: Left, Right
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exbrnxgrl
CA
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Jun 30, 2016 04:28PM
exbrnxgrl
wrote:
I believe that pre-surgical pregnancy testing is fairly standard for all women of reproductive age. I had recently entered menopause, at the time of my surgery, and was still given a pregnancy test just as a precaution. After all, whether a woman is lesbian or straight, pregnancy is still possible.
Bilateral mx 9/7/11 with one step ns reconstruction. As of 11/21/11, 2cm met to upper left femur
Dx
7/8/2011, IDC, Left, 4cm, Grade 1, 1/15 nodes, mets, ER+/PR+, HER2-
Surgery
9/7/2011 Lymph node removal: Left; Mastectomy: Left, Right; Reconstruction (left); Reconstruction (right)
Dx
11/2011, IDC, Left, 4cm, Stage IV, Grade 1, 1/15 nodes, mets, ER+/PR+, HER2-
Hormonal Therapy
11/21/2011 Arimidex (anastrozole)
Radiation Therapy
11/21/2011 Bone
Hormonal Therapy
6/19/2014 Femara (letrozole)
Hormonal Therapy
Aromasin (exemestane)
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Jun 30, 2016 08:00PM
MelissaDallas
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Hell, I was 50 and told them I hadn't had sex in 15 years and they still did one on me
LCIS, extensive sclerosing adenosis, TAH/BSO & partial omentectomy for mucinous borderline ovarian tumor.
Dx
5/20/2012, LCIS, Stage 0, 0/0 nodes
AmyQ
Minnesota
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Jun 30, 2016 08:15PM
AmyQ
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I went in to have my tubes tied after my second child...what a surprise to deliver a baby about 34 weeks later. Turns out I was 6 weeks along when I had my tubes tied so my then OB doc started doing pregnancy tests on EVERYONE!
My DD2 is getting married this December and I cannot imagine my life without her.
Amy
Dx
2/7/2013, IDC, 1cm, Stage IV, Grade 2, 2/3 nodes, mets, ER+/PR+, HER2-
Chemotherapy
4/8/2013 Cytoxan (cyclophosphamide), Taxotere (docetaxel)
Hormonal Therapy
7/18/2013 Femara (letrozole)
Radiation Therapy
11/24/2015 External: Bone
Hormonal Therapy
1/9/2016 Faslodex (fulvestrant)