Hi ladies
I just wanted you all to know that there is light at the end of the tunnel.
Last October (2023) I was diagnosed with breast cancer. I had a small tumor so underwent a lumpectomy and sentinel node removal. I found out that I was not good with anesthetic so was poorly after for 24 hours!! Projectile vomiting is really not my thing. 
Recovery was good and the pain was easily manageable with paracetamol.
I later found out that I also had a dcis which was also removed.
I then had to wait for almost 7 months for radiotherapy.
I think it all hit me when I was on the table for the radiotherapy and you realise you are on your own.
3 weeks ago I had my first mammogram and yesterday I had the letter to say that I had no sign of cancer.
So to all of you ladies who are starting your journey and those who are still battling this bloody awful insipid disease, there is a light at the end, there is hope.
I'm sending you all the love in the world.
Keep going, Even when you feel like giving up, even when you feel like nobody understands. We are all here for you. Sending love and hugs xxxxx
Hi Tash150
It's lovely that you have posted to let other ladies know that you are all clear.
Often, ladies who have got the all clear leave the forum because they don't need so much support. So all the ladies starting on their treatments don't realise just how much breast cancer treatment has progressed and that it can often result in us leading normal lives for many, many years after. I am 7.5 years post diagnosis now and am back to my normal 3 year scans. I can't believe that those 7.5 years have gone so quickly! I can remember thinking on diagnosis that I would be so grateful to get to aged 55, the 5 years after diagnosis and yet here I am am still going strong!
As a note regarding your reaction to the operation. I had a road accident when I was 17 and have had well over a dozen operations. Intially it was once a week and I, like you was very sick after every operation. When I had an operation at 19, I refused the pre-med and OMG, I was down the pub with my mates in the evening after the operation!! Since then I have always refused to have the pre-med and have never been ill after operations since, so it is an option to discuss with surgical teams for you, or anyone who reacts badly after having an operation.
Like you, it was the radiotherapy part that hit me and when I felt so alone. My Mum had died just over a year before my diagnosis and although I naturally missed her daily, it was driving home from radiotherapy one time that I really cried at not having her support. I think it's because we are very nearly at the 'end' of everything and finally feel as if we have time to think; rather than being on the rollercoaster of appointments, treatment plans, fear of what's next etc.
Here's to your next mammogram in November '25 giving you the same wonderful results 
Kindest wishes, Lesley
