Sister recently diagnosed with breast cancer

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eleen
eleen Member Posts: 1
edited June 2014 in Caring for Someone with Breast cancer

Hi there, my sister was diagnosed with breast cancer last week and had the lump and a wedge of normal tissue removed from the left breast and a lymph node. She now still have to go for a bone scan and there-after treatment will be decide upon. I am so scared, it all happen too sudden, there was no warning. I would like to chat to somebody in a similar situation or someone that can give me some advice on how to be there for her. Please?

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  • Nan72
    Nan72 Member Posts: 1,572
    edited September 2007

    Hello Eleen,

    I am sorry to hear about your sister.  I am a bc survivor and have had surgery and reconstruction. My sister also had breast cancer.

     Feel free to pm me.

    You and your sister are in my prayers.

    Nan

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  • HelenMc
    HelenMc Member Posts: 7
    edited December 2007

    My sister was also recently diagnosed. Similar situation.  Will have other tests to determine wether it has spread to other organs before deciding treatment. I lost my brother to cancer six months ago.  I am terrified!

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  • lizzie5308
    lizzie5308 Member Posts: 185
    edited March 2008

    Sorry to hear about your sisster i was also diagnosed with breast cancer last september. Mthoughts are with you both-lizzie

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  • HelenMc
    HelenMc Member Posts: 7
    edited July 2009

    You know, I had forgotten I had even posted here back in December of 2007.  My sister was diagnosed with Breast Cancer six months after our bother died of colon cancer.  The cancer was in the lymph system but had not spread to any other organs.  She had chemo, then surgery ( a mastectomy), then more chemo, then radiation and is doing well.  Unbelievably, I was diagnosed on July 8th of this year! Found in a routine mamogram. I only know the type, IDC, no stage yet.  Scans to determine if it had spread were Friday, results on Tuesday. Forgive me for not knowing the correct terminology and I have no idea what half of the initials stand for.  At this point all I know is I HAVE BREAST CANCER and am terrified.  Reading these posts do help a lot. Thanks for letting me vent. It sounds weird, although I am so sorry for what you are going through, at the same time, it helps to know I am not alone. Is that horrible of me?

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  • drewgrebe
    drewgrebe Member Posts: 1
    edited February 2010

    My sister was also recently diagnosed with breast cancer.  She has just seen the surgeon and he is suggesting she have an MRI to make sure it is not were else and then lumpectomy followed by 30 some radiation treatments.  My mother died from breast cancer so I am terrified for my sister.  Even though I think she caught it in time.  My mother had stage II and still died from it.   

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  • Cdieu
    Cdieu Member Posts: 1
    edited January 2013

    Sorry to hear about your sister. My sister was diagnosed with Stage II breast cancer last two weeks. I am so terrified for my sister, and wonder how your sister is doing. I hope she is fully recovered.

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