Hello my friends from work want to meet up with me, I’ve seen them before and I did go back to work but it was to early for and I had breast cancer.
Do I meet up with friends or not ?
Hi Mustard and a very warm welcome to the Community.
This is always a tricky subject and in reality it is up to you to assess the risks...... I was catching infections a good 2 years out from the end of my various treatments and these resulted in week long hospital stays with Chest Infections, Lung Fungal Infections, the RSV Virus, Pneumonia x2, Neutropenic Sepsis x2...... so when we did meet up with friends it was always meet up in an outdoor environment...... fresh air helps reduce the risk.
Your immune system can take a considerable time to fully recover even although you may be well out of treatment and your blood counts are ok....... but getting back to some normality is important for your mental health..... so it is a balance.
Navigating the post cancer journey can be such a stressful and challenging time but getting support from people who have walked the ‘exact same' cancer journey can help a lot. (I have a completely different cancer).
The New to Community is like our reception desk where we look to try and direct you to the best part of the Community for you to get support. The Community is actually divided into dedicated Cancer Support Groups (Discussion Rooms) so can I recommend you join and post in our dedicated Breast Cancer support group. This will be a safe place to talk to others with a similar diagnosis, treatment experience, to ask questions and get support.
To connect in with the group click on this link 
…… then once the group page opens click in the [Black - Click to Join - Banner] that appears at the bottom of the page and this will then confirm that you have joined the group.
When you are ready……. you can introduce yourself by putting up your very own post by clicking [+ Create new post] or [ + ] in the top right of the group page.
You can copy and paste the text from this post into your new post.
Do get back to me if you need further help navigating the community.
