Hi, I finished my treatment for triple negative breast cancer last year. I was diagnosed with it in my breast and nodes. I responded well to treatment and had 6 months of chemo, a lumpectomy and the radiotherapy. My young adult children watched everything I went through and now I’m worried about my youngest son who is 19. He had a bad bout of flu in November and had to be hospitalised. He recovered from this but then had to have an emergency appendectomy last week. He’s nearly recovered from this but has since found a painful swollen lymph node in his armpit. He’s worried because he knows that’s what I had previous to my diagnosis. I’m so worried for him and don’t want to pass my anxieties on to him. He seems generally well apart from this. Any advice is very much appreciated thanks.
Hi and welcome to the Online Community, although I am sorry to see you finding us.
A cancer diagnosis can bring a lot of stress, confusion and many questions on all the family but talking with people who are on the same journey can help a lot.
I have no first hand experience in this area but lets see if any of the group members can help you out.
I do see that you have joined our very supportive Breast cancer and Triple negative breast cancer groups.
Posting in these groups will open up your concerns to a wider group of people who know exactly what you are going through at the moment.
Follow the links I've created then introduce yourself to the group and post questions after selecting 'start a discussion' and you can also join in with existing conversations by clicking on 'reply'.
Can I also highly recommend our various Macmillan Support Line Services - you can call them free on 0808 808 00 00 This service covers Emotional Support and Practical Information mostly open 8.00 to 8.00 but check the link and you may also find our Ask an Expert section helpful.
Talking to people face to face can help a lot so check to see if you have any Local Macmillan Support in your area or a Maggie’s Centre as these folks are amazing.
You may want to put some information in your profile as this can help a lot. Click here to see how to add details as this helps everyone to see a little about you and how best to reply to you.
All the very best.
