Diagnosed treatment delayed

Thank you so much. Tired tired tired but resting and trying to get my positive head on

Hi Just an update. I got a cancellation I go in hopefully on Wednesday fingers crossed.  I am reading lots on this site thank you all hearing about you gives me confidence. I will try and contribute when I come out.

1. Thankyou helen

That's great news Helen2021 you will feel so much better once that hurdle is over with.  Wishing you all the best with your surgery xx

Hi surgery yesterday discharged today. Too soon. Lots of pain have a drain. So tired. Hopefully this will improve day by day, at least the first hurdle is done

It has just struck me. I am in tears I looked in the mirror. Why such a shock but it was. What has happened to me.   I have to get thru this what when how so jumbled up just now

Helen2021. You’ve just been through a major ordeal and we all react differently.   Then there is the effect of tthe anaesthetic which affects some more than others.  A very high percentage on women get cancer so the chances of it being us was high but it’s treatable.  You have now had it all removed hopefully making you cancer free. It’s absolutely fine and normal to cry and it’s healing to cry and let it all out.  It’s been a traumatic event.  So cry as much as you need and eventually you will feel better.

It’s great surgery is finally done and out of the way.

sending big hugs xx

Thankyou I appreciate you being there. I am usually positive but its knocked me for six. I am lucky compared to some. I want to be able to help others just not there yet.

Thankyou

Being told you have cancer is enough to knock anyone for six.  So many of the posts from newbies start exactly like yours - I am usually positive but..... Nobody gets told they have cancer and they think oh ok no big deal.  Most of us start by thinking it's a death sentence, then you think ok so what's to stop it coming back again in the future.

I asked my BCN yesterday broadly how many women who get cured of cancer stay cured for the rest of their lives and she said the last majority do.  That made me feel so much better.  I know I'm cancer free now but like many I was worried that I would forever be worried about it coming back and now I'm not so worried about that.

Focus on yourself for now and on getting through this and being cancer free and there is plenty of time to help others. There are enough of us on here able to help them.

Keep posting every time you feel low or scared and remember that it's completely normal even for normally positive peeps. xx