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Sorry about your diagnosis
But am glad you found us, lots of great information here...
Welcome to this site and please ask lots of questions!
Thinking of you,
Joyce

Sorry about your diagnosis
So sorry to hear you news, but take a big breath and breathe. you are at the best site ever, someone will be here each step and procedure and outcome you go through, im just 2 months diagnosis and double mastectomy, i was stage 1 grade 3 IDC, just know that you will never be alone at this site, wonderful, strong, knowlegdable folks here, keep us updated, please don't go looking on internet, it will absolutely scare the daylighs out of you plus it is full of misinformation, its tempting and im sure you will but let these women here be you sounding board, they are wonderful, will be praying for you and your family

Motors said:

Thank you ladies. I been so
Thank you ladies. I been so stress out lately. All my friend no longer friends anymore. That is ok got all my family that always there for me especially my husband. I love him dearly

It is a shame about your friends.
First of all welcome to the site that nobody wants to join but can make this journey so much more bearable. Yes friends can really back off. I don't know if it is fear or what? It is not like they can catch breast cancer from you.

I was diagnosed in Feb 2011 with stage 2 Triple Negative Breast cancer. Of course I did not know all those facts (the stage and type) until after the lump was removed and sent to pathology for analysis.

When I first got here it was the day after my first visit with the surgeon and he have me something from the American Cancer Society about this site and so I got busy learning. I tend to slightly disagree with the person who said don't do internet research. There are a few places to go that is safe the get information you may want. My advice is see the movies on the other half of this site on breast cancer. They are in the blue section under cancer information. Pretty much anything on this site is going to be reputable. Doing this will help you wrap your mind around what you can expect. I watched them several times until it sunk in.

Once you get the pathology report is when you have to decide if you want to do any further research. Since I found I had Triple Negative Breast cancer I also whent to the Triple Negative Breast Cancer cancer foundation website. They also are reputable and have a lot of research on that particular type of breast cancer. I do not know if other types of breast cancer have reputable sources of information as that which is found on the TNBCfoundation site. TNBC is an aggressive breast cancer but I needed to know the facts as I care for a disabled husband. Most do not care to get as much information as I did.

I agree with the previous commenter in the sense that you do not want to go out on the internet just anywhere to get information on breast cancer. If you do go out there be sure where you search the information is from a reputable source. So start here and decide later if you need to seek further.

laughs_a_lot said:

It is a shame about your friends.
First of all welcome to the site that nobody wants to join but can make this journey so much more bearable. Yes friends can really back off. I don't know if it is fear or what? It is not like they can catch breast cancer from you.

I was diagnosed in Feb 2011 with stage 2 Triple Negative Breast cancer. Of course I did not know all those facts (the stage and type) until after the lump was removed and sent to pathology for analysis.

When I first got here it was the day after my first visit with the surgeon and he have me something from the American Cancer Society about this site and so I got busy learning. I tend to slightly disagree with the person who said don't do internet research. There are a few places to go that is safe the get information you may want. My advice is see the movies on the other half of this site on breast cancer. They are in the blue section under cancer information. Pretty much anything on this site is going to be reputable. Doing this will help you wrap your mind around what you can expect. I watched them several times until it sunk in.

Once you get the pathology report is when you have to decide if you want to do any further research. Since I found I had Triple Negative Breast cancer I also whent to the Triple Negative Breast Cancer cancer foundation website. They also are reputable and have a lot of research on that particular type of breast cancer. I do not know if other types of breast cancer have reputable sources of information as that which is found on the TNBCfoundation site. TNBC is an aggressive breast cancer but I needed to know the facts as I care for a disabled husband. Most do not care to get as much information as I did.

I agree with the previous commenter in the sense that you do not want to go out on the internet just anywhere to get information on breast cancer. If you do go out there be sure where you search the information is from a reputable source. So start here and decide later if you need to seek further.

@ laughs_a_lot - How is your edema?
I always wonder about you since I know we both had the same breast condition, edema. Are you doing better? Hugs