Breast cancer at 31

My left mastectomy and lymph ode clearance was on the 2nd August. I decided to go into hospital the morning of my surgery rare her than the evening before. I am so glad I did, I was beginning to get in a terrible state by the it e we arrived at hospital. My husband was with me and I was absolutely petrified, to be honest I was more scared of the anaesthetic than the procedure, the idea of the cancer being removed was…

Feels like months ago I was diagnosed, this last 2 weeks has been the worst and weirdest of my life. We went to center parcs for 4 nights with my sister in law and her family, my girls had a fantastic time and there were moments where I forgot I had cancer but then it would hit me in the most emotional way ever like getting an impromptu kiss from one of my daughters or seeing my husband laughing and it hurts so much…

Woke this morning and realised this is never going to be just an awful nightmare and that I really need to 'man up' and face this head on. Today I had my hair done - thought greys at 31 were cruel enough! My neighbour came and spoke to me in the driveway and I managed to hold it together... Just! We are going on a family break with my siter in law and her gang mon-fri and I am really looking forward to getting away…

After a really bad start today and uncontrollable tears of panic I have ended the day feeling strong and focused on what I have to do and that is fight this with everything I've got and all the support around me. I spent time today with 2 of my oldest friends and my other sister in law visited with my gorgeous youngest niece and there were some moments of complete normality and a few laughs were even managed along with…

My husband and I held each other for most of the evening and poured our hearts out, we lay in bed together that night with the most horrific thoughts running through our heads, I finally fell asleep and woke about 3am. I was very up and down all day, the support from family and friends was flooding in as they were finding out . My inlaws and one of my sister in laws had been to see me the previous day. For my children…