I was diagnosed with breast cancer un July 22 and had a mastectomy, chemo and radio which finished late August 23. After a lot of swapping medication about I finally got sorted and life was picking up, then in Feb 24 I got a blood clot on my lung, October 24 I had to have a shunt put in my head due to hydrocephalus and to top off my year last week I was told I had secondary cancer in my liver and possibly the lymph nodes in my neck. I am absolutely terrified and my head is spinning. How do you come to terms with being told you can no longer be cured
Tricia1919,
No wonder your head is spinning. There’s so much to take in and figure out. Everyone handles it in their own way, so I can only answer for myself. I was diagnosed last year with bone mets and approx 2 months ago it had spread to the stomach. I still have a lot of anger but starting to realise that spending time with my family is a great solace and hearing about their issues takes a lot of the focus away.
I have my moments when I just let it go, but then I remember that I really just want to have some fun and watch others having fun. It’s a comfort.
I was offered to meet up with a group of people at the MacMillan centre near me. It sounds a fantastic idea and may go along, when I think I may be able to hold it together. I hope there’s a group near you that you could get to. There’s nothing quite like being with people that have experienced similar.
Hugs
K
Thanks for your reply it all just seems never-ending at the moment but I will look into macmillan meetings near me xx
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