Recent Diagnosis

Hi DerbyshireLass

Welcome to the forum and sorry to hear that you have been diagnosed with breast cancer.  It's perfectly understandable that you are nervous about what's ahead of you.  I found keeping myself busy doing the things I love, like reading a good book or going for a walk helped me to keep my mind off my cancer.  Breast cancer is very treatable and your medical team will do everything in their power to make sure that you come out at the other side of this.

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

Best wishes

Daisy53

Thank you  It’s all so daunting but I really appreciate your positive message

Hi Claire. Sorry to hear this. Diagnosis is very frightening so don't beat yourself up. I had grade 2 tumour in my right breast and was terrified. 6 weeks after diagnosis I'd had surgery, a lumpectomy and was told it was successful. I've now completed radiotherapy and have hormone therapy now. Believe in the plan your medical team will have for you. Its OK to be worried and perfectly normal to struggle with the news obviously. I'm still dealing with what happened tbh. It's the whole ' cancer happens to other people' thing. Trust in the process. Take care and let others take your load if possible

Lou x 

Thank you Lou. I know I have to have chemo pretty much straight away followed by radiotherapy and then surgery but I am under a fantastic consultant so will put my trust in him. I hope you’re recovering OK x 

• I'm good. Look after yourself. If you need/want a pen pal let me know. The first part of this process is dreadful as you're constantly waiting! For me the treatment was easier than the worry. I get the struggle believe me x 

Hi Claire,

Believing in your consultant is really very important and it's great that you will have a good team to take care of you! The waiting is the worst part of the ordeal - once you start your treatment, things will start looking less intimidating! Nowadays even more advanced breast cancer stages are treatable and people live decades with cancer as a chronic disease! Try to distract yourself by doing the things you love. Stay  strong and stay positive! Big hug, xx 

Thank you so much for your positive message Lana. Hope your are OK xx 

I would really love that thank you xx  

Hi I was diagnosed in mid June with stage 2 breast cancer. I'm 42 and have 3 young children so it was a total shock. I spent the initial week feeling absolutely terrified that I wouldn't see my children grow up. But when it came to going in for the biopsy results and talking to the consultant about a treatment plan it gave me a positive boost. I've just started yoga as its good for bone density but the sense of calm it's given me has been amazing. I would recommend it. I applied for school governor bc why not?! I've mapped out the kids school hols so they have stuff to do but also low key activities i can do with them. I've never planned anything in my life but it's made me feel in control of some of my life. The diagnosis made me feel so helpless, but now I've got my head round it it's also given me a sense of urgency to take on the challenge. 

I will start chemo on Wednesday and I will lose my hair bc I can't cold cap. But I've booked myself in for a wig consultation in a few weeks with my sis and friend. Something fun to focus on rather than side effects. 

It's totally acceptable to think the worst but really hope for the best. 

Hiya. So sorry to hear your diagnosis. Completely natural what you are feeling. As others have said trust in your medical team and write all your questions down. When I started my journey my mum suggested having a pad and pen on arm of couch so if I thought of any questions I could write down straight away.

Here is also a great source of advice and support. Any questions you have could also be put on here and there is likely someone who has been through similar or could signpost you where to go. 

It's not always a bad thing to think the worst. Hubby and I at start of journey were being positive and each time we were hit with bad news. When we were advised to have adjuvant chemo we decided to be negative - it was going to be terrible and I was going to have every side effect going. And to our relief it wasn't nearly as bad as we expected. Don't get me wrong it wasn't a complete walk in the park but certainly no where near as bad as we had prepared for. So the reverse psychology worked .

Keeping everything crossed for you. Take care xx