Please read if newly diagnosed, or add to if you have had positive outcomes!

So pleased you are doing ok. Sending best wishes for radiotherapy x

I find yoga helps too! 

I was diagnosed around September 2023 and it all started from an ordinary mamagram call up. By the end of October I had my surgery and was so relieved. Until they got the results from the biopsy of another part of my breast. Which was positive and apparently this is unusual. So my new year started with my 1st round of chemo. I'm still not fully understanding or making sense of any of this. I'm trying to be positive and apart from a few close friends and minimal family nobody knows.  

Hi Nik Nik 

I was diagnosed Nov from my first routine mammogram, surgery just before Xmas and waiting for oncology appointment / chemo dates.
I try to be positive too but it’s easier said than done when you’re caught up in the whirlwind of appointments after diagnosis. Lack of sleep makes it hard - just a couple of hours some nights.
I have told everyone as personally find it easier but we are all different. 
Wishing you well xx

Thank you.

Hi just read your story, I’m the same as you grade 2 her positive. I’m also a teacher. Just finished for half term and up to now booked 3 weeks off, not sure if I will need more time ? X

I’m sorry you find yourself here. Looking back I really wish I had taken more time to really get better. It is highly emotional and being amongst kids is not always the best way to recover. There aren’t many benefits of teaching at the moment, but sick leave is generous. Take it! 

You should take off all the time you need. I'm a retired teacher, and I remember how much commitment and energy is needed, even when you're well. I hope you feel better soon. x

I needed to read this. I am 4 weeks post WLE with some reconfiguration done for Tubular BC and am really struggling with not going back to work until the summer term at the earliest. I am still pretty bruised and have a hematoma. I still get tired very quickly and even light gardening causes pain so I am trying to just listen to my body.  Have approximately 4 weeks to wait for oncology to discuss radiotherapy and hormone therapy so could be longer. 

I was diagnosed 3 years ago during covid, triple positive, mastectomy, total lymph node removal, chemotherapy 6 treatments of chemo, phesgo , 18 injections, literally 15 minute job, and now biphosphonate infusions twice a year, half hour job. Should finish my treatments in November .Anastrazole tabs for ten years, one little tab every night, no biggy. You just get into the swing of things, becomes a way of life for a couple of years but that’s nothing to what you have to look forward to after
You soon get into the swing and the nurses become friends. I was told by consultant I’ve got a good ten years plus, older you get your risk goes down, I’m 64. 
I had my third yearly mammogram 2 weeks ago so