Young Survival Coalition

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I am new to MyLot today but have already found 2 other young women who are also affected by breast cancer. I was diagnosed in the summer of 2005 at the age of 24. I had a mastectomy, 6 FEC chemo treatments and now take tamoxifen daily for prevention. A common theme I found in the profiles of the 2 girls is that they are young and are looking for others to connect with that are dealing with the same issues. Rather than message to both gals I though I would post a new discussion and hopefully other looking for this info as well will be helped. Young Survival Coalition is the place that I found really helped me during my breast cancer journey. On their website they have message boards that are divided up into topics like treatment, reconstruction, fertility, excercise, and even a metastatic board. Everyone there is really welcoming and it is all girls who have been through it or are going through it. It was a source of inspiration for me to read about how they got through some rough times and I learned some tips too about parenting and relationship issues that are relevant to us undergoing treatment and illness. I always felt confident that I would recieve helpful answers when I posted a question. Every year YSC hosts conference for young women and their caregivers, Last year it was in Denver and I was still in treatment and could not attend. This year I am going to it in Arlington Virginia in February. I am really excited to meet some of the girtls taht I corresponded with on the boards and learning about the newest in advocacy, treatments and reconstruction. www.youngsurvival.org To find the boards go to the community link on the left hand side, under community choose bulletin board. You can create a user account and post messages and paste pictures. I hope you ladies check it out and find it helpful. Let me know what you think of it. I know it was a great place for me to connect with other young women and to get information from girls who had been through what I was just beginning. I have reposted this discussion because the first time I posted it i misspelled breast cancer in the tag section and the discussion was then not visble to people searching breast cancer. I hope this does not cause a problem, but I was unable to find where to delete my original discussion or edit the tags.