Hi, sorry you have been diagnosed with breast cancer. I am a year down the road now! Breast cancer is not as scary as it once was. Treatment has come a long way. Take a step at a time. Best wishes for your journey ahead. Be patient it is a bit of a long journey. Xx
Sending you a hug too, they have not told me in so many words but i thing grade 3, I have a meeting tomorrow with the breast unit at my hospital…I feel so alone yet I have my family around me…do we ever stop feeling numb?
I’ve been told grade 3 in my armpit due to cells in the lymph node and stage two in my Breast, I’ve had CT and MRI scans last week and my mind is in a whirlwind and I’m so worried that it has spread
I’ve got wait 2 to 3 weeks for an appointment with the oncologist team
I have two children that are 17 and 24 and I’m trying to keep things as normal as possible. I am the sole provider for them and currently I’m still at work which in one way is good because it takes my mind off things but sometimes during the day, it just hits me in the face of what is actually going on, and it makes me feel sick.
I joined this phone because I’m seeking words of support people that have also gone through the same as me because I’m absolutely blinded as to what is on the horizon
I had the usual biopsy, mammogram and ultrasound, they said it was in my lymph nodes as well as my breast and that I needed a ct scan to see if it had spread, after waiting a week with debilitating anxiety I finally found out it had not spread, the doctor prescribed me diazepam for the anxiety but I’m yet to take them, like you I need to work and find it distracts me slightly…the said 6 months of chemo and some genetic testing will determine if it’s just the lump put, or a single/double mastectomy, I’m 38 with no children but a mum who’s recovering from 12 hour open heart surgery that saved her life, I get moments during the day where I’m ok and like you I’m hit with it, I have an appointment tomorrow with the breast clinic team which I’m nervous about because they said my next appointment wouldn’t be there, it would be with the oncologist
Hi DanielleDer and everyone else in this thread. I'm in a similar situation....Waiting for MRI results appointment....Feeling like I only have half the information and the wait is beyond horrendous....mental torture! I take some hope from people like MyGrace above who is further down the road and says breast cancer isn't as scary as it once was.
I'm only at the very start of my experience and I was telling a friend of mine who also has breast cancer that I hate how it hits me like a sledgehammer every morning when I wake up! She is 2 months into her treatment and said she also felt like this in the early weeks but, now she has a plan and treatment has begun, the dreaded breast cancer is no longer the first thing on her mind when she wakes up! It's hard to imagine when you're at the beginning of it all but there are people all over this forum saying this is the worst bit....Sending hugs your way and hoping this forum makes you feel less alone, like it has for me.
