HI there Pinkies!
Hi there my lovelies.
It has taken me a very long time to get back into the thought of dealing with all things breast cancery, after having been an active and enthusiastic member of another forum - that I left after a clash of wills and change of mod.
The entire experience of bc has been incredibly traumatic. Stupid homicidal boobs. I was 32, my daughters were 4 & 6 at the time... The husband had just started a new job (fifo, 2 on 1 off). Life was really awful for the longest time and ... well, you girls know. Nothing new in that is there? But I am 39 and still rocking it like a tidal wave.
Any how, I am now 6 years past dx, 5 years NED, and am finally mentally ready to go get rid of the co-conspiratorial boob. So, July 24 this year it will be done and I am starting to teeter between scared witless and totally excited.
One thing that came out of the debacle is that I lost my job (really nothing sad in the end about that, but still...) and ended up returning to uni. I graduate at the end of this semester, am having 6 months (and the other boob) off then heading back to complete honours in film, and on to masters and a phd.
I am submitting 2 films to a film festival here in Perth called Revel8 (short films, on 8mm film), trying to find a publisher for my books, and have been offered an internship at state parliament.
It's been a long, hard, lonely, painful process, but I'm still here and finally want to face it all. Sorry to have stayed away so long, I hope that we can all get to know each other and provide the support others simply can't.
When I am done with this semester (in JUST 4 WEEKS) I'll be in here a lot more.
Till then, think whatever thoughts you need to and don't lose faith in yourself. Good luck with your treatments and just remember, one foot in front of the other!
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It's funny, I am just glad to be getting rid of the horrible thing. For me, it's been a choice of boob or future, and I really want to have a long future. Timothy Spall had cancer? Wow! I really didn't know that, and for him to be in remission is great. I have a couple of weeks left of my degree, then I'll be back :0)
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