I would like to acknowledge the BCO community in general!

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april485
april485 Member Posts: 3,257
edited June 2014 in Acknowledging and honoring our Community

I have been coming here a lot lately, particularly since I was diagnosed with DCIS. I am blown away by the collective knowledge of this community. Many of the women (and men) here are more up on the latest information than doctors are! I am truly amazed at the collection of research and thoughtful discourse I read on these boards each day. One of them most amazing online communities I have ever seen is this one.

The fact that you can go to specific forums for your exact type of cancer in many instances is very helpful and saves time from wading through everything if your time is limited. The compassion of the members is even more important as most of us come here when we are in the frightened stages of waiting for test results or just diagnosed.

Kudos to the BCO community. All of you are amazing and I just wanted to say that. I checked out a few other BC sites and they don't compare for me. The format here is less confusing as well.

The actual BCO site (not just the community) is FILLED with up to date information and it has helped me to understand so much about this disease. As intelligent as I though I was before getting that Birads 4 mammo, I had NOT a CLUE that BC was not just BC! I thought it was ONE disease and I also thought it was likely a death sentence or at best, you could buy time after surgery with chemo and/or rads.

Amazing job BCO community. Kudos! You rock!Kiss

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  • ReneeinOH
    ReneeinOH Member Posts: 511
    edited March 2013

    Hear hear!

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  • Moderators
    Moderators Member Posts: 25,912
    edited March 2013

    april485, we agree that this community is awesome! And thank you, on behalf of the entire team, for your comments on the main Breastcancer.org site too.

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  • spitnspunk
    spitnspunk Member Posts: 138
    edited March 2013

    Oh my gosh, I agree as I I have found this IS THE BEST online site for information! I have had several people ask me questions about my cancer journey, when either they get diagnosed or a family member gets diagnosed. I tell them I will share my experience but I ALWAYS send them here to this site, telling them that the discussion board is great for getting SO much information and support from others going through the same thing, but also, I always point out to them to read, really read, the main information that the staff posts. The information is always up to date and so informative, it's information that they can trust and it gives them the knoweldge to know what questions to ask of their own doctor.

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  • thirdgenerationmomof2
    thirdgenerationmomof2 Member Posts: 248
    edited March 2013

    I totally agree!! BCO is the best site online for the most up to date and educational information. The compassion and understanding from all the members is top notch! I am so greateful I stumbled upon this site after my diagnosis when I was still in panic mode and thought I had a very limited amount of time left. This site has and continues to help me tremendously get through each day!

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  • cheryl1946
    cheryl1946 Member Posts: 1,308
    edited March 2013

    This site is the best!

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  • Lisa1637
    Lisa1637 Member Posts: 101
    edited March 2013

    Thanks you, April, for taking the time to acknowledge the tremendous value of this community!!

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited March 2013

    Applause  applause!!!

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  • exbrnxgrl
    exbrnxgrl Member Posts: 12,424
    edited March 2013

    April,

    Yes! I am in total agreement. This has been a lifeline for me and a place to go where my problems and emotions are understood. You go, BCO!

    Caryn

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  • NatsFan
    NatsFan Member Posts: 3,745
    edited March 2013

    "Lifeline" is the word that comes to my mind as well.  Thank you everyone!

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  • Awmathtchr
    Awmathtchr Member Posts: 8
    edited April 2013

    BCO has been a wonderful source of information! A place where I could go when I could not sleep. A place I could turn to, to find answers from people just like me, at every stage of my journey. It's like a friend who always is there, to listen and offer encouragement. I know I have come to this site multiple times a day, every day, in the past 8 months and each time I have gained knowledge and understanding from wonderful people who are so willing to share. This site has truly been a life saver for me both mentally and emotionally. Those first very dark hours before and after diagnosis were rough and somehow (Google, I imagine!)I thankfully found my way here. It IS the absolute best site!!! I continue to use it and learn. Thank you to the people who had the foresight to create and organize BCO. I find the website very easy to use.I love you!

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  • juliet62
    juliet62 Member Posts: 3,412
    edited April 2013

    total agreement, i have given the site name to several people because its such a help to me

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  • songbird68
    songbird68 Member Posts: 190
    edited September 2013

    Hi Everyone, this is my first post but I have been a constant visitor on this site since my dx August 7th this year.

    I must say that you have all saved me - totally. You have my most heartfelt thanks. Every time it all gets too much to bear, I click on this site and everything comes back into perspective.

    I am inspired to read the posts and the support that is given, so freely, to every member, brings me to tears. But also I can smile again.

    I would also like to say that I totally agree with every word Awmathtchr has written, who has put it so much better than I could!

    I am looking forward to reading of more milestones and achievements - and hopefully adding a few of my own.

    Bless you all,

    love Tasha 

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  • Moderators
    Moderators Member Posts: 25,912
    edited September 2013

    Thank you all for your comments about this wonderful community, and about BCO!

    Just in case you didn't see this new Moderator announcement, there's a chance to put your first names and faces to the good you have to say about what you experience here on the site and in the forums - and help BCO at the same time!

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  • Ariom
    Ariom Member Posts: 6,197
    edited September 2013

    I couldn't agree more!

    I have learned so much, met great people and continue to keep myself informed as I go forward.

    Thank you to everyone!

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  • bearcub
    bearcub Member Posts: 485
    edited September 2013

    I don't know how I would have made it through my DX in the last 15 months without BCO. Thank You...

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  • Hanna2
    Hanna2 Member Posts: 2
    edited January 2014

    I could not agree more. Even as a medical doctor i enjoy going through the posts on the BCO website.Knowledge is vast there are so many things you learn form friends, clients and patients. 

    The  fight for breast cancer is not only a justice , ethical or  moral reason it is also a poverty alleviation effort. Living in Nigeria and seeing how many families have to go through to pay out of their pockets for cancer care, loosing wives, mothers and daughters who are the psychological and socioeconomic source and  stability  to their families and the nation made me so passionate to fight cancer.I find this website highly educative and will pass the address to the literate and interested women and  breast cancer positive women i come across in our breast and cervical cancer awareness campaigns and mass screening programs we are organizing in Nigeria.

    Thank you

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  • Moderators
    Moderators Member Posts: 25,912
    edited January 2014

    Thank YOU Hannatu!

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  • Bren-2007
    Bren-2007 Member Posts: 6,241
    edited January 2014

    Hannatu ... Thank you for posting.  What an inspiration you are to all of us.  Wishing you many blessings.

    Mods ... I love BCO and I'm not shy about singing the website's praises!  I have made so many, many wonderful friends over the years and have been blessed to meet many in person.  It's so neat when we can all get together!

    hugs,

    Bren

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  • Moderators
    Moderators Member Posts: 25,912
    edited January 2014

    Hey, 

    Anyone want to help us out with our Valentine's campaign to raise funds for the community?! We'd need a few sentences and photos  and you could be our poster child. If you wouldn't mind, just PM us, and we can provide details. 

    Thanks so much! 
    Melissa

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  • Bren-2007
    Bren-2007 Member Posts: 6,241
    edited January 2014

    Melissa ... I would love to help out, but I think I've already sent you most of the pictures I have from numerous get togethers.  Can you use any of those photos or would you like me to try and find some more? 

    Let me know if you want me to locate more pictures.  I think it would be neat to be a poster child!

    hugs,

    Bren

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited August 2014

    I can't begin to thank BCO for helping me thru this  second occurrence of BC! The longest night I ever had was my first DX  back in 1996 - when we didn't have the Internet to help. I didn't arrive home still late in the afternoon, was awake ALL night waiting for 5 AM here on the West Coast, 8 AM on the East Coast when I could call NIH - to send me info, via snail mail, and the long wait to get info in the mail. Got assistance thru ACS, but it was nothing in comparison to BCO. Here, there is always someone ready to provide support, any time of day.

    A "thank you" seems so insufficient to explain how grateful I am. 

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  • Moderators
    Moderators Member Posts: 25,912
    edited January 2014

    Thank you, Bren. I'll PM you. Also, Maddy, I'm going to PM you too  

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