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My Cancer Journey As Mom

First post and replies | Last post by thilner2015, 11 months ago

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HER2 Triple Positive Breast Cancer My husband I just sat our 9-year-old down and told her. We explained what would happen and what toexpect during my treatment. We tried to mentally prepare for my change in appearance as well. Idecided the one thing I could control was to get ahead of my hair falling out, so when it started to fallout I had my husband and daughter help me shave my head.My husband had to take over cleaning, cooking, soccer practice, and friends had to drive my daughter toschool.My support system has always been wonderful. ...

By thilner20... 11 months ago

First post and replies | Last post by janedoe7, 11 months ago

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Navigating Breast Cancer with Kids

First post and replies | Last post by aborniger, 11 months ago

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Julie Rudman recently asked for advice on how to navigate breast cancer with kids for an upcoming podcast she's a part of. I wanted to share the answers I gave to her here as well, in case anyone else would find them useful. Mamas, you are stronger than you ever thought possible. Sending healing vibes to you all! Initial Communication and Coping How did you explain your cancer diagnosis to your children, and how did they handle it? My kids were pretty young when I was diagnosed. My son was about to start kindergarten and my daughter wa...

By aborniger 11 months ago

Painful Sex Treatment Options

First post and replies | Last post by Jenny_marshall, 11 months ago

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Hi! For those of you that have problems with painful sex, especially due to a lack of estrogen (I had a hysterectomy at 37 years old and loosing all of that Estrogen caused a lot of dryness and vaginal pain with sex). I wanted to share info on the Mona Lisa Procedure. It helps to remove stenotic (badly scarred) tissue in the vagina. This scarred tissue makes sex very painful. I got the Mona Lisa procedure to remove this tissue. It was amazing! I also now do vaginal estrogen on a limited basis. These have truly helped with my sex life. Unfortuna...

By Jenny_mar... 11 months ago

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New to the Club

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I'm a two-time 4-year breast cancer survivor

First post and replies | Last post by YoliV5590, 11 months ago

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New to the journey

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New to the journey

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Support for Kids

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If you are a cancer patient, in remission, or a survivor and have kids between kindergarten and senior year of high school, I highly recommend Kesem. It's a free summer camp that is exclusively for kids whose parent(s) have been affected by cancer and it gives them a chance to have fun and be kids again, as well as connect with others who understand what they're going through at home. They also do fall and spring meetup days so kids can reconnect in between sessions and to bring other new families into the community. When I was diagnosed, my...

By aborniger 1 year ago

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