My name is Alice. I am new here. I cannot sleep thinking about all is happening in my life. I just want to have a coffee with people men and women who have been through this situation like me. I had my surgery for cancer 3 weeks ago. I cannot still believe this. I am still recovering.
I am worried about meeting a man and say " I had cancer and I am okay just waiting to recover and start taking a pill (hormone therapy) for 5 years'. I might scare everyone!!!!!!!!
I am scared to be discriminated because I had cancer even though J will be fine in the future if I take a pill ( hormone therapy) My pronostic is really good but I do not feel that way. I feel guilty because some of you guys are having the worse treatment and I will just be suffering for 5 year or more taking a pill every day.
I would like to meet a man who understands me and understand his pain. To give my company and support and give a lot of love as it has been a lot of pain around him.
 a right person for me and for him.
Sorry my typing I cannot make sense at this time.
Hope you get my message.
Tell me your thoughts...
Good night!
Hi Elisabet A 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 it's good to read that you have a good prognosis.
The online community is divided into different support groups, so although you won't be meeting people face-to-face you will be talking to others who have the same type of cancer as you and understand what you're going through.
As you haven't mentioned what type of cancer you have I can't give you a direct link to the right group for you. You could either let me know or take a look through this list. Once you've joined a group, you can start a new post in the same way as you did here and join in with existing conversations by clicking on 'reply'.
It would be great if you could put something about your diagnosis and treatment into your profile as it really helps others when replying to you and also when looking for someone on a similar pathway. It also means that you don't have to keep repeating yourself. To do this click on your username and then select 'Profile'. You can amend it at any time and if you're not sure what to write you can take a look at mine by clicking on my username.
If I write my type of cancer I might not chat with men as the men do not suffer as women suffer this type of cancer.
I had Brest camcer (both breast) I do not want just connect with women. I feel weird to expose my diagnosis without knowing anybody. I wanted to tell fetsills of my diagnosis to people who I think I can connect.
It sounds like this is not the pathway I need just right know but I would like to have any advice any website to meet people and have a coffee. Somewhere can really connect with people face to face in a neutral are. Let me know if you know any type of website or app.
I do not understand how it works, I though you ca meet people and the you choose who will have more personal details about my cancer.
Hi Alice
Unfortunately, men do get breast cancer, and there are a few in the breast cancer group. However, if you feel that that might not be the right group for you then maybe you could take a look at the life after cancer group which is a space to discuss things like the physical and emotional after effects of cancer, returning to work, or trying to move on with your life.
If you'd like to join either, or both of these groups, just click on the links I've created which will take you straight there.
As for completing your profile, it's completely optional and if you don't feel comfortable doing that then that's fine.
You said that
I do not understand how it works, I though you ca meet people
The online community is primarily here to support people who have been affected by cancer, with members being able to share their experiences anonymously. If you're looking for face-to-face support then you might want to take a look at this information from Macmillan.
You might also want to join in with this recent conversation where people have shared ideas on how to meet people.
Anne
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