Hello

Hi, I had a mastectomy in January which came as a total shock but thanks to the mammogram it was caught very early on and everything happened so fast.  It went from Stage 0 to breast removed. Ive had 4 surgeries in total from November last year and I am doing well and got the all clear but it has taken its toll on my mental health.  Just wondered if anyone else can relate to the mental health side of it all. I have suffered with depression in the past.

How are you feeling physically and mentally?  

I doing okay to be fair. Thanks for asking   How are you? 

 Gillybean 

@MEED11

I'm an oldie here and 8 years down your line - click on my name yo see my profile..  Physically we recover, mentally takes a bit longer as we grieve our pre cancer life. 

There's an awake thread if ever you fancy a chat . Just reply to last post and say hi x

 RE: AWAKE......... 

Hi, I am very emotional!  I wake up very anxious in the morning with a dread feeling in my stomach.  I can’t eat and I’m not sleeping well.  I’m trying to stay off meds for it and going to counselling tomorrow.  I feel so ashamed to admit it as I’m one of the very lucky ones. 

You are allowed to feel stressed, anxious etc.  nothing lucky about having a cancer diagnosis xx