Hey everyone
I know I’m not the first and sadly won’t be the last, but I have 2 more cycles of chemo and immunotherapy before having surgery and my right breast removed along with something more in my armpit as that’s where the little blighter is hiding.
im okay and feel that I’m eagerly ticking treatment off my list of things that I’m told need to happen.
i had DCIS on same side back in 2022 whilst nursing my husband with lung cancer metastasis. He passed away in the October 2022, the same month I had my surgery. Times were hard and I still have off days.
The hardest part of this whole process was telling my children, even though I have been told my prognosis is good, but with cancer you just never know. I’m lucky that my children are all young adults, but they have been through enough already!
The roles have reversed, I’m a kinda mum who is always checking in with my family, checking they are okay and now they are the ones telling me to sit down and take a load off! I know I’m lucky to be well supported but I am a natural caring mum. It’s difficult to accept.
Im worried about surgery and would be lying if I said I wasn’t. I feel my outlook is positive and Im a glass half full kinda person in all aspects of life. But I don’t want to tell my family I’m worried cos I don’t want them to worry. I mean should I just be totally honest? I don’t want to burden them.
Any advice would be welcome, thanks everyone xx
Koigirl x
Hi Koigirl
Welcome to the forum, I'm Daisy53 one of the Community Champions on this forum. I'm sorry to hear that you have been diagnosed with breast cancer. While I can understand that you don't want to worry or burden your family I think you should tell them as I'm sure they'd want to know how you are feeling about the upcoming operation. If you feel you really can't tell them then if you feel up to it ring the helpline on 0808 808 0000 to share your worries about the operation and they should be able to reassure you.
I've had three operations over the last five years to remove cancerous tumours and each time I've come through them without any problems.
Wishing you the best of luck with your operation.
Best wishes
Daisy53
