Hello, I had an aggressive breast cancer 20 years ago. I thought it was well behind me, but it came back out of the blue and spread to my lungs. It came as a total shock and all of a sudden "normal" life stopped. I feel I am watching the world behind a ice wall. I try not to think too much but I am scared.
Hi Veronique M and a warm welcome to the Online Community, a Community that no one really looks to see themselves joining, and so sorry to hear about your new diagnosis. After such a long time this will have been such a shock.
Any cancer diagnosis brings confusion, stress and many questions but I found talking with other people who are on the same type of journey helped a lot.
The Community is organised into support groups so you may want to start by joining our supportive Breast, secondary cancer and Lung, secondary cancer groups as this is the place where you will connect with others walking the treatment journey both as patient or family.
Follow the above links then choose ‘click to join' or ‘join’ when the page opens. You can then introduce yourself, post questions or just join in with existing discussions by clicking on 'reply'.
It’s always good to talk and the Macmillan Support Services provides lots of information, support, financial guidance or just a listing ear.
Most services are open 8am to 8pm, 7 days a week and it's free to call on 0808 808 00 00 have a look by Clicking here to see what is available and we also have our Ask an Expert section, but do allow two working days for replies from our expert team.
Our Online Information and Support Section is a good place to find information covering diagnosis, treatments and pages covering most types of cancers.
All the very best.
