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Just want to blurt this out: I have had a mastectomy due to breast cancer with some lymph node involvment. My dad has lung cancer. A family member is now on palliative care due to melanoma. A good friend recently passed away with pancreatic cancer. HATE THIS DISEASE! That is all.

Hi there, Following a mastectomy in April, have just returned home 2 days ago from a breast reconstruction (and a little bit of aesthetic work on the other side!) Feeling a little sore and squeezed but feeling pain means I am alive and doing ok. Didn't have any chemo (although was told I was "borderline") which caused me a lot of anguish for a long time (still?) I have been put on to Zoladex injections for two years, tamoxifen for 5 years and then something else after that for 5 years.

It's been a while as a lot is happening. The Carboplatin after 2 treatments showed no results. The second Tumor in the temporal lobe started doubling, so chemo ceased. Waited for Mutli Disciplinary Meetings of the Drs to determine best procedure which was surgery. 3rd op in 10months. The post op MRi looked promising. The 1st tumor looked stable and the 2nd tumor looked promising. Our next appt was with the Radidation Onc and the Medical Onc to see if stereotactic radiation was a goer for th 2nd tumor as it was small. Alas, he had a seizure on the 26th Oct which put him in hospital for 6days.

Hey guys My name is Amber. After having my grandmother pass away from breast cancer about 17 years ago, my mum has since suffered from breast cancer - twice - with the second time, just recently, resulting in a double masectomy and transflap surgery (i think thats the technical name?!).

This blog entry has been the second most blog entry of mine next to my first blog entry. This is, for me, the epitome of my chemo therapy treatment. This is as candid as it gets without actually physically being there. I often read it to remind myself of what I've been through and how lucky I am to be here now. http://www.thecancerstory.com/2011/11/part-22-breakdown.html

Something changed in my heart over the weekend, a shift from scared and bewildered to an overwhelming sadness for the man who is still with me in body, yet no longer with me wholly in spirit, seemingly between two worlds. My only wish for him now is peace from the suffering. I will miss him when he is gone, will miss him so much my heart will ache for him. But then I miss him already! I have already begun to grieve for him. What a cruel and unforgiving disease brain cancer is!