Hello everyone. I was diagnosed with breast cancer last year and have since gone through 13 rounds of chemo, a mastectomy in November 2024 and 15 rounds off radiotherapy in February. I've tried to work as much as possible throughout by choice. I live on my own and my siblings and dad have been fantastic but I felt I wanted something else to focus on apart from cancer.
I'm a year on now and feel I should be starting to feel better but I feel terrible, even though technically I'm cancer free. I'm suffering from some horrible side effects. I don't want to burden my friends and family any more than I already have but I just feel so rubbish and I'm hoping you might have some helpful advice.
Hi Sterling and a very warm welcome to the online community which I hope you'll find is both an informative and supportive place to be.
I’m Anne, one of the Community Champions here on the Online Community and I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2022 but, fortunately, haven't suffered from side effects from my treatment.
The online community is divided into different support groups and I can see you've already found and joined the breast cancer group, which is a great place to ask questions, share experiences and get support.
Once you feel ready to post there, you can start a new post in the same way as you did here and join in with existing conversations by clicking on 'reply'.
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