My Mum recovered from Breast cancer 4years ago, mastectomy, 6rounds of chemo & is still currently taking Tamoxifen.
she’s found another lump on her other breast. She’s been referred for a biopsy. I’ve already decided it’s cancer, what else would it be? I’ve also already decided it’s spread elsewhere & this time she won’t be so lucky. I can’t be without my Mum, I couldn’t live my life without her, she’s my rock & I don’t feel like a single parent cause I have her. I don’t want her to go through all that pain again, she got sepsis last time & was really poorly! My lovely, sweet amazing Mum. I can’t cope with this.
I don’t know the point of this post, you guys can’t tell me what I already fear I know. But I feel so sick & so anxious. I can’t cope.
Hi and I see it’s your first post so welcome to the Community it’s.
So sorry to hear that your mum is on the diagnosis roundabout again……. and I can understand how you feel but let’s look for this to be nothing or something that can be dealt with quickly.
I have been on my incurable blood cancer journey for over 22 years now and if I had seen my time was up every time a new lump or bump appeared I would have gone crazy.
It’s natural to think the worst but until this is clearly diagnosed it could be anything - the post treatment body is much more reactive and lumps and bumps do come and go.
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All the very best ((hugs))
