I was diagnosed with breast cancer in April 22 I've had an operation to remove the cancer and a Lytham node taken out my arm is still numb and swollen I'm having physio it's not helping I can't go bk to work yet as my job involves a lot of lifting. I'm on tamoxifen now for 5 years had my radiotherapy put about a stone on gone from a size 12 to a 14 feel really fed up and alone cry most days dot know why got one breast bigger than the other I know that's not a big thing it is to me when I look at my self I lost my mum last September was really close to her I talk to my partner he gets it esn't understand I'm trying to be strong I know im going come crashing down at some point
Hi Tray1972 welcome to the forum. I can totally relate to how you are feeling because I actually did crash and burn after treatment and the best thing I did was to go to a Macmillan center and talk to the people there and I had a good cry, a cup of tea and continued contact until I started to feel better. Do you have anything like that in your hospital or a Maggies centre where you can talk to someone when you go for treatment? If not please do think of speaking to your GP asap and they may be able to offer some Counselling support for you. Or if you felt able to you can give the MacMillan Line a call on 08088080000 and have a chat with the lovely folks there about how you are feeling.
You really do need to talk to someone before you be like me and crash and burn (not good) as it takes longer then to get back on your feet so please give some serious thought to making contact with someone form my suggestions asap. xxx
Sending some huge big hugs your way for now. xxxxx
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