Hi All,
This is the first time I've entered anything on this forum or indeed a blog of any kind. Where do I start? I was diagnosed with Stage 1; 5mm; slow growing, Oestrogen driven breast cancer December 2019. I was told that I was lucky and if one had to have cancer this was the best scenario - funny I didn't feel lucky; but I do appreciate that there are many of us in a more critical state/stage. I had a lumpectomy operation and 5 lymph nodes removed in January 2020. I was initially told that they were unsure if or the lump or some of the lump had been removed; imagine my relief when they finally told they believed it had.
I developed extremely painful 'Cording issues'. Once the Cording issue was under control; I started a 24 day (excluding weekends) radiotherapy treatment in March concluding in April.
As you know this was also the period that Covid was quite aggressive. I lost my Father during this period. At the end of my radiotherapy treatment; I became extremely ill; I wasn't sure if it was due to the radiotherapy or I too had contracted Covid; thankfully; I recovered but was still experiencing a lot of pain in my operated breast; but I was told this was normal and I shouldn't worry. The joy I fet when I was told I was in remission at year 1 check and that the pain I was still experiencing was merely a small amount of fluid from perhaps scaring tissues. My oncology and I came to a joint decision that I would not start taking Anastrozole as in my case the benefit vs side effect may be unbalanced.
During July/ August I started having extreme pain; it was painful to get up from sitting and if I stood too long, I either fell over or my legs started to wobble. It turns out that I needed both hips replacing as my joints were completely worn. Due to the long waiting list which was exasperated by Covid I told this would not happen in the immediate future on the NHS. Thankfully, my husband has a healthcare package with his workplace. I had my first hip replacement in September 2020 and my 2nd in February 2021. It was an uphill battle but I was determined to not give up and now walk and swim easily.
We started making plans, deciding on on the fun things we wanted to do going forward and not to waste time. I began to feel 'human' again; my on/off state of low periods started to disappear and I was smiling, laughing and joking frequently again. Then I was called for my year 2 check on 13th January 2022; I had no results for almost 3 weeks and was beginning to think all was well because if it wasn't surely they would have contacted me by now.........Wrong, I had a call on Tuesday 8th February to say that had seen 'something' and I need to return to have it checked...that's all I was told - my appointment is for this coming Thursday (17th)..... over a week away....my mind is in a whirl again....
Has anyone gone through this ? What might I expect ? Am I being over anxious ?
All of us would be worried, you can’t help it with what we’ve been through but do try hard to distract yourself 
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