Leonie
Hi – in July this year and on my 58th birthday I received a diagnosis of HER2 (human epidermal growth factor receptor 2) positive breast cancer. I was referred to a surgeon and surgery was scheduled for 17 July 2019. However, surgery did not take place because during the process of mapping of my lymph…
Di
January 2009 Stage 2 ER/PR+ lobular cancer Left breast lumpectomy Left breast mastectomy Chemotherapy 6 mths Radiation 1 mth Arimidex tablets 18 mths Tamoxifen 5 years (ceased Feb 2017) November 2017 – diagnosed with Stage 4 metastatic breast cancer – one tumour in the hip and two small tumours in the spine. Medications: Kisqali, Femara…
Ruth H
21 May 1961 – 02 May 2016 BEGINNING OF JOURNEY: In July 2012, I had a superficial and visible small lump, about the size of a grain of rice, removed from the areola area of my left breast. Expert opinion, which included a mammogram and unltrasound, was that this was a blocked milk duct but…
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