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barneybbarbie

barneybbarbie

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posted 02/09/2010, comments (2)

barneybbarbie

I will be having a bilateral Mastectomy and I am thinking about what i may need in regard to clothing/sleepwear, pillows or anything that your readers can suggest to help me and my husband prepare for this 'uncomfortable' period. Can you tell me what 'things' helped you the very most...and even what did not. Thanks ladies 
barneybbarbie

barneybbarbie

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posted 02/08/2010, comments (3)

barneybbarbie

Well, i am 5 days post diagnosis. Seems like a lot longer somehow. I am supposed to be one of the lucky ones. DCIS- high grade (3), multifocal in my right breast. This is all new to my world. Absolutely no family history. As a matter of fact, i thought i had some 'right of passage' with all-things-healthy with my gene pool. Ahh haha..jokes on... Read moreChevron
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PJ Hamel

PJ Hamel

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Author, breast cancer survivor
posted 02/07/2010, comments (0)

New Treatment for HER2+ Survivors

For certain women with metastatic HER2+ breast cancer, life just got a little bit brighter – literally. On January 29, the FDA granted approval to a new combination drug therapy – Tykerb (lapatinib), and Femara (letrozole) – for post-menopausal women with estrogen-receptive, HER2-positive (HER2+) metastatic breast... Read moreChevron
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Phyllis Johnson

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Inflammatory Breast Cancer Survivor
posted 02/07/2010, comment (1)

Conference for Young Women Affected by Breast Cancer

Having breast cancer is always hard.  Having it before age 45 adds an additional layer of issues.  Most women with breast cancer have already had their children, have finished menopause, and may be retired or near the end of their professional career.  Younger women have concerns about how cancer will affect their fertility, their... Read moreChevron
nene
posted 02/05/2010, comments (8)

staining

i have been diagnosed with breast cancer,the pathology is not available because of this staining that they are doing on the tumor ,i dont know what this means
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