Another Newbie here

Hi Kiki1

Wekcome to the forum and sorry to hear that you have been diagnosed with breast cancer. 

I was diagnosed with breast cancer last year and after having chemo, surgery and radiotherapy I am now in remission.

Wishing you the best of luck with whatever further treatment your medical team put you on.

Best wishes

Daisy53

It's so much easier to talk her to people who understand your fears and can share your experiences

Hi there, I am awaiting my date for surgery for mastectomy and can’t really take it in that it is happening! It will most likely be next week. I  like you am struggling to talk to friends and family as I feel they don’t really understand! I have already got comfort from other women on here who are going through exactly the same thing and it is a little reassuring even though I am dreading what’s coming next. But it’s comforting to know you can reach out at anytime. Wishing you good wishes too, xx jane 

Hi Daisy, Carol and Jane - thank you all for your kind words and support. I think that because we are all in this ‘pickle’ your words carry weight and warmth. 
I haven’t wanted to talk much about it to ‘outsiders’ because even though they will mean well they often ask too many questions and I don’t want to have to explain what the various terms mean eg clean margins or whatever.  It feels different on here, easier.

very best wishes 

Kiki x

Hi Kiki 1 

I can so relate to how you feel . Yes zero to 60 I can't believe it's happened to me as I always felt so well and recently lost a lot of weight so all I get is " you look so well now you  are slim " lol if only they knew ! Anyway surgery finished recovery began . Awaiting the next step like you. A day at a time I  suppose take care and I'm sure we will chat again soon 

Jayne 

One of the reasons I took time off from work was I couldn't face the constant questions as I worked at council offices so see so many people who work in other departments who've heard your news and ask how you are when you see them.  I couldn't face it.  

Two girls in my office had been successfully treated for cancer and they were a great support especially when I returned to work.  They just said "it's awful coming back to all the questions isn't it" - they understood.  I had taken the decision after my biopsy results for the whole office to be told as the speculation in an office of 45 people why I was off would put the handful of people I had told in awkward position of saying "she's asked me not to say" and then their imagination runs wild.  My way they had 5 months to get over my diagnosis so when I came back I was old news!!