Hi everyone, I was wondering if you could please share some of your own stories or some advice. My mum has been diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma her2+ grade 3. We don't know the stage until after surgery.
At the moment my mum is self isolating but my concern is how does everyone manage with covid?
With mum self isolating my dad still has to work, my sister is off on maternity but her husband works in construction and her kids are going back to school soon.
How does everyone manage? Not sure I'm making sense but basically we are trying to find a balance between keeping my mum safe but still being able to do the necessary things..with my mum self isolating what do you recommend in keeping her Covid safe? Should she be isolating alone in a sense or should everyone kind of stay away? It's a terrible time with covid when you need all the support you can get but none of us want to possibly put her at risk and delay her treatment.
Thank you 
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Hi and a very warm welcome to the online community
I don't have the experience with self isolating and breast cancer that you're after but I noticed that your post hadn't had any replies. This is possibly because this is such a busy group that your post has slipped off the first page before someone with the right experience has seen it. Replying to you will 'bump' it back to the top of the discussions list.
You might also want to join the family and friends group and ask your question there as well as I'm sure there'll be other families in the same position as you and your mum. If you'd like to do this clicking on the link I've created will take you straight there where you can join and post in the same way as you did here.
You might find this information from Macmillan on coronavirus guidance for people with cancer useful to have a look through and also this on supporting someone with cancer during the pandemic.
When you have a minute it would be great if you could pop something about your mum's journey so far into your profile as it really helps others when answering or looking for someone with a similar diagnosis. 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.
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