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So I just got diagnosed yesterday and the last 24 hours have been surreal. I wander from state of daze to confusion to crying to telling myself its been caught early and once you have the surgery it will be okay, to thinking the very worst possible outcome. I have support network with my partner which I am eternally grateful about snd he is staying so positive, but going into the unknown has me scared. 15mm in my mind sounds absolutely huge, and all I want is this "thing" out of me. I can't stop checking the Internet for prognosis outcomes, or treatment success rates. I hope that I can talk to others who are just as scared as I am, and take each day the best I can. 

  • Hi MissAtte

    Welcome to the forum and sorry you have been diagnosed with breast cancer. It’s perfectly understandable that you are scared. While everybody’s treatment outcome is different my lump was 16mm and after having chemo, surgery and radiotherapy I am now cancer free.

    Just take each day as it comes and try and keep yourself busy to help take your mind off things.

    Wishing you the best of luck with your treatment.

    Best wishes

    Daisy53

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  • Hi yes I know how you feel, I went to the doctors with a lump last week, 2 days later I was sitting in front of another doctor and Macmillan nurse at the breast clinic being told the lump was cancer and they will call me back once the biopsy results are in to talk treatment options.  Surreal and a daze are definitely words I can relate to, along with anxious, optimistic, worried, impatient and a dozen other adjectives  which seem to cover a wide range of emotions. I get to go back on Wednesday to talk to the breast surgeon and will hopefully get all the details of size grade etc,  but the wait has been horrid. I cope best when I know what I'm dealing with and can plan for it. Not knowing what I need to plan for or even if what I am reading is even relevant to me, is driving me nuts. I'm sorry we are both finding ourselves in this predicament but I'm glad we have both found our way here, this seems to be an incredibly supportive community and is a mine of useful information and coping advice. 

  • Hi Ange63

    Welcome to the forum and sorry to hear that you have been diagnosed with breast cancer. You should start to feel better once you have your treatment plan in place.

    Wishing you the best of luck with your appointment on Wednesday and with whatever treatment your medical team put you on.

    Best wishes

    Daisy53

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