Newly diagnosed - Just need some positivity and hope

Hi Everyone. This is my first post. I am trying to navigate this network, because I know I need help. I was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer only 5 days ago. I have many tests coming up, and treatment options. But for now, I can't seem to find the strength. I just need to hear some positive stories, some good stories, some hopeful stories, so that I can muster enough determination to stop crying for one thing, and to get my anxiety level down. I have an amazing family, and they also need some hope. I am 56, and was originally diagnosed 13 years ago with early breast cancer, and was told "you are cured"???? I am sorry to sound so desperate, but I'm still in that place where my world feels like it's ending. Thank you for reading, and I send hugs to everyone.
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I am so sorry to hear about your recent troubles. Sending you a virtual hug. X
You’re still in shock - this is never the news anyone wants, especially when you thought you had left breast cancer far behind you. The world hasn’t ended but you have good reasons to find it hard to accept that. As days go by, and tests are done, and treatments proposed, you will gradually accept that the world (bit weird as it is) is still there, you are still part of it and can be for a long time to come. You just need to let your brain and body yell and shout a bit, first. Many others here on the network know first hand what you are going through and I am sure will send their stories to assist. Hope is always there, it just needs a bit of searching to locate it sometimes. Best wishes.
Dear @Jacqui64
and best wishes from jennyss in Western NSW
It’s a shock the first time, so I can’t even imagine the second. Sounds like you are handling it better than you think, which is great. You are proving to yourself you are strong so that you can beat it again, and you are reaching out for help 👌🏻. You will definitely need to cry, be angry, shout etc, that’s a normal part of it. Lots of women have beaten it more than once, so hope should always be a priority. But I think one thing you always need to remember, that I think will help you come out of your cancer bubble of despair (this is how I felt and still sometimes do) is that you are very important and you deserve to be here on this Earth just as much as anyone else. And don’t let anyone or anything, especially not this cancer, tell you otherwise 👊🏻💪🏻🤗😘.
I just wanted to send you my best wishes, love and strength.
I think we all vividly remember the whirlwind of emotions that hit us upon diagnosis. Shock for us, and for our families.
As a mum and nan myself, I know how deeply our family feels our pain and how difficult it is to for us to see them hurting too.
It is their love and strength that will see you through the tough days and fight to stay with them. As others have said there are many women who have fought this disease more than once and who continue to fight.
I have friends who have done much better than they ever dared hope for. Take strength from this and just take one day at a time. Focus on getting through each day and each appointment, one at a time and try to stop getting to far ahead of yourself. Much easier said than done, I know. We all do this.
The support and love of your family and from the ladies here, will help you when it all feels overwhelming.
Sending big hugs,
Michele xxx