Hi, first time posting. I got diagnosed 7th October 23 of grade 3 oestrogen positive cancer in my right breast. Luckily for me I spotted it early and after my lumpectomy and lymph node removal it hadn’t spread to the lymph nodes. I finished my radiotherapy in February and had quite a few nasty burns and blisters, which have now gone. Lots of sharpe needle pain in my breast. Extremely fatigued and weak. I do also have fybromalgia and chronic fatigue so this is like triple whammy.
my next appointment is in June but a telephone consultation. How do you get over the fear that something was missed and if no one is physically checking you, how will it be found?
oh and I’m also on tamoxifen which I take at night. Only major issue with that is the night sweats and hot flushes during the day. Periods have stopped last one in November
Hi Button Moon
Welcome to the forum and I am sorry to hear that you were diagnosed with breast cancer. I suggest that you ring your breast care nurse and ask her if it's possible to change the appointment to a face to face appointment as you feel anxious. What you are feeling is perfectly natural and one way to try to get over it is to talk to someone about how you are feeling. You can ring the helpline on 0808 808 00 00 to talk to someone at Macmillan and they can arrange counselling for you if that's what you'd like or if you have a Maggie's centre or another cancer centre near you you could contact them and they can also arrange counselling for you.
Wishing you the best of luck with everything.
Best wishes
Daisy53
