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Hi MSJ72

Welcome to the forum and sorry to hear that you have been diagnosed with breast cancer. It’s perfectly understandable that you are finding things hard at the moment. Hopefully once you start chemo you start to feel better.

Wishing you the best of luck with your treatment.

Best wishes

Daisy53

Hi there MSJ72,  it is tough trying to be upbeat for others when you are worried & anxious.  What have you planned for your 50th - try to give yourself a mental day off from cancer thoughts tomorrow if you can ( easier said than done I know).

I organised drinks at my house between my mastectomy & starting chemo and let my self enjoy the night without any thoughts of cancer. I really enjoyed it and was surprised at how good it felt to do something normal, but you need to do what feels right for you 

I was diagnosed in July too during a routine screen - had a mastectomy with diep reconstruction in August & started chemo in October.  Chemo has actually been ok so far so hopefully will be for you too.

I still have really anxious days though and find it hard when people ask me how I am as sometimes I just want to burst into tears instead of the standard “I’m doing ok” so understand exactly how you feel. 

Good luck with the rest of your treatment & I hope you have as good a 50th birthday as you can given what you are going through