Hello all I’m new on here
so I was diagnosed about two months ago that I have breast cancer and was shocked numb my head was a fuze and couldn’t really take in to what they were saying and worse of all I have no one by me to support me, no one to talk to, first think I did was to tell all the people that I knew I have cancer, some of them didn’t want to know and some found it really hard to cope with it, my best friend she still hasn’t come to terms with it yet and rarely speaks to me now, it’s as though I’m contagious to everyone, saying nothing is worse then saying something, it has moved pretty quickly from being diagnosed to where I am now, I have decided to have a mastectomy reconstructive boob surgery and I’m scared because I know I’ll be losing my nipple and it won’t ever be the same there ever again, but further down the line I will be getting a reconstructive nipple once everything has settled down,
Firstly you aren't alone you have all of us to support you. I cannot imagine going through this alone. One suggestion I haven't used but someone else did was to ask permission to record appointments. That way you can listen back at home. Is there a local support group you could go to? You got this
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