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deRien

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28. Did they tell you

Fri Jul 21, 2023, 03:52 PM

Jul 2023

what size the masses are? I had a 5 mm mass and they said I was a stage 0 (first time in my life I was glad to be a 0). I ended up being a stage 1+ ~lumpectomy with radiation only. This was 4 years ago and I've been okay since.

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Thanks everyone for being so caring and supportive, I am so grateful. Got the results back [View all] LiberalLoner Jul 2023 OP

Hugs for you. Srkdqltr Jul 2023 #1

Thank you so much! ❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #14

Difficult cate94 Jul 2023 #2

Thank you so much! ❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #15

🙏 claudette Jul 2023 #3

❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #16

Best wishes! OAITW r.2.0 Jul 2023 #4

Thank you! ❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #17

Cancer sucks. murielm99 Jul 2023 #5

Thank you! ❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #18

Wow!!! I admire your outlook. Best vibes. LakeArenal Jul 2023 #6

Thank you! ❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #19

Take care. My lady friend went through this 2 years ago. Lumpectomy, Silent Type Jul 2023 #7

Thank you so much! It helps me to hear happy tales like that, thanks! ❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #20

Yes, one step at a time. We are here for you. I think you can beat it! LoisB Jul 2023 #8

Thank you! ❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #21

Hugs XanaDUer2 Jul 2023 #9

Thank you! ❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #22

Don't cry. You will survive this. Polly Hennessey Jul 2023 #10

Thank you! ❤️ actually haven't cried yet. Handling the news pretty well. LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #23

Hugs. Best wishes. viva la Jul 2023 #11

Thank you! ❤️ me too! LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #24

Hugs. Hoping your treatment gets results, Lib. ancianita Jul 2023 #12

Thank you so much ❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #25

Wishing you the best. Several friends have been through breast cancer, and I'm happy to say Lonestarblue Jul 2023 #13

Thank you so much! ❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #26

I had what sounds like your diagnosis. The doctor did a lumpectomy at the time. I hope the course Karadeniz Jul 2023 #27

Thank you so much! ❤️❤️❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #33

Did they tell you deRien Jul 2023 #28

The doctor said my masses were both fairly small, but said I would LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #34

One step at a time -- you will get thru this Hekate Jul 2023 #29

Thank you so much ❤️❤️❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #35

Wishing you the best. Old Crank Jul 2023 #30

Thank you ❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #36

I had much the same feelings about my breast cancer & surgery. lark Jul 2023 #31

Oh I am sorry for what you went through but glad you beat the cancer LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #37

Sending hugs and strength gademocrat7 Jul 2023 #32

Thank you! ❤️❤️❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #38

Wishing you improving health, LiberalLoner! pazzyanne Jul 2023 #39

Thank you so much! ❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #67

We're all with you Wild blueberry Jul 2023 #40

Thank you so much! I am so grateful for all of you here! ❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #68

Yes. One step at a time and then one day at a time. Solly Mack Jul 2023 #41

Thank you so much! ❤️ yeah, having MS I totally get it about resting... LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #69

Holding you in our DU heart! cilla4progress Jul 2023 #42

Thank you so much! ❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #70

Sometimes they do chemo first now TexasBushwhacker Jul 2023 #43

Oh I hope you never need to use those wigs. 🙏 thank you. ❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #71

I sincerely hope you get the medical and emotional support needed to deal with this. Hang tough. Evolve Dammit Jul 2023 #44

Thank you so very much! ❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #72

One way or another it can be beaten. Don't allow the cancer to become you: be a person with ... marble falls Jul 2023 #45

I'm still a soldier deep down and I will fight this like one! ❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #73

You know how to do it! Embrace the suck and squeeze the hell out of it! marble falls Jul 2023 #79

👍👏🤣🤣🤣❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #82

You are a true Warrior Woman, LiberalLoner. You are a Force to be reckoned with. thatcrowwoman Jul 2023 #101

Thank you so so much! You are so wonderful! ❤️❤️❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #110

Sending positive vibes! forgotmylogin Jul 2023 #46

Thank you so much for giving me hope! ❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #74

My mother and my sil beat this disease. 58Sunliner Jul 2023 #47

Thank you so much for giving me hope! ❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #75

You are welcome! 58Sunliner Jul 2023 #107

Thank you so much! The weird thing is I have MS so my immune system is already in overdrive... LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #111

I have an immune disorder as well, 58Sunliner Jul 2023 #117

Oh, very good, I will try that! I need to see if I can find it on Amazon... LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #118

P.S. I'm sorry you have an immune system disorder...Epstein Barr causes such damage, hope they LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #119

Thanks. I was also diagnosed as having MS, but I have only had one episode. 58Sunliner Jul 2023 #120

Thank you! ❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #121

Hugs to you, LiberalLoner. thatcrowwoman Jul 2023 #48

Thank you so so much, you are the kindest person ever! ❤️❤️❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #76

Meet with your oncologist first! colorado_ufo Jul 2023 #49

Thank you so much! I am honestly very ignorant of the process so I can use advice. ❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #77

PM me, if I can help. Diagnosed 2018. colorado_ufo Jul 2023 #85

Thank you so much! I hope it will never return! ❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #87

Sending you all my good vibes. brer cat Jul 2023 #50

Thank you so much! ❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #78

I am an 11 year survivor. TNNurse Jul 2023 #51

Thank you so much for the advice and sharing your experience! ❤️❤️❤️gives me hope! ❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #80

3 women in my family are cancer survivors Javaman Jul 2023 #52

Thank you so much! ❤️❤️❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #98

Thinking of you and sending hugs. MLAA Jul 2023 #53

Thank you ❤️❤️❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #97

Everyone's Cancer is Different, but Shana Jul 2023 #54

Wow, I am glad you are okay now, thank you for sharing your story of hope! ❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #96

❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏 sueh Jul 2023 #55

❤️❤️❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #95

Holding you in light and love. Your DU family is here for you. Lean as hard as niyad Jul 2023 #56

Thank you so much ❤️❤️❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #94

Best wishes stollen Jul 2023 #57

Thank you so much, and I wish you a long healthy life! ❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #93

I'm pulling for you. stage left Jul 2023 #58

Thank you! ❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #92

Best wishes. My mom had breast cancer, and she did beat it. PatrickforB Jul 2023 #59

I'm sorry for the loss of your Mom. 🙏 thank you so much for this kind message of hope! ❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #91

Sounds like you have lots of support here Deuxcents Jul 2023 #60

Thank you so very much! ❤️ yeah DU is awesome, really a family and I am so grateful!❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #90

It's scary as hell when it happens to you. 1WorldHope Jul 2023 #61

Thank you so so much for your kind words and for sharing your experience, it gives me hope. ❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #89

Hope is how we get through everyday sometimes. 1WorldHope Jul 2023 #105

❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #113

I have never had breast surgery but soldierant Jul 2023 #62

Oh my goodness that sounds like one heck of an experience! Thank you for sharing it, I wish you good LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #88

My surgeon mde it much easier by helping me prepare soldierant Jul 2023 #106

Thank you so much! Yeah I had an abdominal hysterectomy/oopherectomy at 50 LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #108

My scar was the other way - soldierant Jul 2023 #109

❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #112

Survival in breast cancer is at an all time high. My sister-in-law is... NNadir Jul 2023 #63

Thank you so very much! ❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #86

Peace and good health. Magoo48 Jul 2023 #64

Thank you so much....peace to you, too. ❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #81

My mom was diagnosed at age 77. She underwent surgery, radiation, & chemo. bullwinkle428 Jul 2023 #65

Thank you so much, and thank you for the hope! ❤️❤️❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #83

In the imortal words of the philisopher emoticon. "You Rock" Prairie_Seagull Jul 2023 #66

Thank you so much! ❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #84

what the posters said down below. AllaN01Bear Jul 2023 #99

❤️❤️❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #100

All the best to you as you go forward. pandr32 Jul 2023 #102

Thank you so much! ❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #114

Warm wishes to you! TdeV Jul 2023 #103

Thank you! ❤️ LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #115

You hang in there, my friend. calimary Jul 2023 #104

Thank you so so much! ❤️ last night my DH and I sat on our deck for a couple of hours and LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #116

Saw the biopsy pathology report. Grade 2, moderately aggressive. LiberalLoner Jul 2023 #122