Hello
ive been diagnosed with cancer this week in my breast and lymph nodes, and I’m having an MRI tomorrow to investigate my liver as something looked a bit suspicious on my CT scan.
I’m really terrified as the lump in my breast is huge (5cm x 6cm) and if it’s already in the lymph nodes and possibly liver then I’m really worried the chemo won’t work.
I also don’t know the classification of the cancer yet so I’m panicking that it will be triple negative and really aggressive (it’s grown really quickly and has affected the skin of my breast / nipple) I asked my consultant whether it could be inflammatory BC and he said possibly, as while the breast is not red or inflamed, the skin appearance could allude to this.
My treatment will be chemo followed my mastectomy - I’m fine with both of these, just really anxious about what will happen if they don’t work.
I’m a 33 year old single parent with a 9 year old son. I don’t know what to do 
Hi and welcome to the Online Community, although I am so sorry to see the circumstance that brought you here and so sorry to hear that you have been diagnosed with Breast Cancer.
I am Mike Thehighlander and I help out on the Community and I will do my best to direct you to the best place for you to find the support and help you need.
On my long journey I found the best way to navigate the various challenges that a cancer diagnosis brings was by talking with people who are on the same journey.
My cancer journey was rather different but if you follow this LINK to our Breast Cancer Forum you will be able to connect with people who understand the journey you are on. We also have this group LINK for our Breast Cancer in the under 50s Forum.
Just join the group and hit the 'Start a Discussion' tab and introduce yourself to the group and remember to go to the right on the group home page and select how you want to receive email notifications when someone answers your posts.
You may also find our various Macmillan Support Line Services on 0808 808 00 00 to be helpful as you can talk to a friendly person that can help in lots of ways.
When you have the time it would be helpful if you could put some information about yourself and the journey that brought you to the Community into your profile as it really does help the Community members to help you and get to know you.
Click on your username and that will take you to your homepage. Look for ‘Edit my Profile’ click on it and start to tell us as much or as little about yourself as you want then click on save before closing the page.
All the best.
