Trish
NAME: Trish Brown DATE OF BIRTH: 2/4/1971 BEGINNING OF JOURNEY: June 2012 DIAGNOSIS OF SECONDARIES: April 2015 ABOUT ME: I grew up in a loving, family oriented environment. After high school, I started working in office administration and progressed in this area in various roles in industries such as finance, mining and construction. After my…
Leanne
DOB: 12/04/1966 BEGINNING OF JOURNEY Jumping in the shower, Monday 23rd of May 2016, as part of my daily routine to prepare for work, I felt a lump in my left breast………. Hello this is new!! I instinctively had a sinking feeling, as my maternal grandmother had had breast cancer, and even though I’d been…
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…
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