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Melanie

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Baby Boomer, Wife, Mother, Daughter, Grandma X 2
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You've got curves!

It's snowing outside and in contrast, my dining room table is full of flowers.  I have been blessed with food, flowers and friends wishing me well after my tram flap breast reconstruction.  It will be 3 weeks ago on Wednesday.  Was this as big a surgery as anticipated?  Oh my Lord... YES and then some!  As the... Read moreChevron
posted 11/22/2010, comments (2)|
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Warrior Goddess

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54 yrs old, intelligent, lively, artistic and loves to dance!
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Emotional Rollercoaster

By all accounts, one would say that I should be grateful that I am a two year survivor and that I got through one of the tougher journeys I have faced in life with some measure of aplomb. And yet, I am not really, or rather, I am not any more. Somewhere between the end of radiation in June 2008 and just two weeks after a mandatory hysterectomy and... Read moreChevron
posted 01/30/2010, comments (18)|
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2nd Surgery required

This is my first post since joining the group.  I was diagnosed in early July with DCIS in my left breast, the most curable breast cancer of all.  My cancer is an aggressive one but still favorable to most.  I had a lumpectomy and a sentinal node biopsy on August 21st and was told it was the "best possible results".  ... Read moreChevron
posted 09/14/2009, comments (2)|
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BarbaraR

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Married -Mom of 1-breast cancer survivor
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Just diagnosed - still reeling

August 21st 2:30 pm...Dr said "We have a problem...but the problem is not invasive - so that is good.  It is called DCIS and is very curable."   I went on to learn that both of the cluster sites were positive.  One is 4cm the other 6cm.   There were an additional 5 or more spots on the mammogram that I... Read moreChevron
posted 08/22/2009, comments (15)|
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kikibrando

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Jane Austen and the Cowardly Lion

Last night, I was too tired, too frustrated, and just plain crabby about my situation.  It's improved this morning with sleep and a proper cup of hot tea to start the day.  Usually, the begins at 6:30 a. m. when I roll myself from the comfort of my beloved Temperpedic to get the kids ready for school.  This morning, I had the... Read moreChevron
posted 04/30/2009, comments (2)|
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