Seeking support and friendship
Hello lovely people, My mum was diagnosed with early breast cancer last Thursday. I felt a rush of mixed emotions and thoughts. I felt scared, upset, sad, and isolated. My dad passed away just over a...
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Thank you to all you lovely people who replied to my thread. I’m sorry that I wasn’t able to reply earlier but your words really touched my heart. I no longer feel alone, and I’d love to update you all who are listening:
So we decided to go private. And we saw the surgeon on Wednesday. He said that he would be looking to cure my mum from the cancer. I guess he can’t say that he WILL cure her but I took it as a positive outlook.
But, the opinions of others, and ideas they come up with... for instance, some of our family are suggesting a mastectomy. Now it was a shock to think of something like that, but even when i get past that shock, I still think it’s drastic. The lesion is 5mm in diameter! And I know that I’m not the expert in all this and I’m not the one going through it. But my argument is that if it was an option that would improve the chances of success - the surgeon would have brought it up, wouldn’t he? I’m going to ask the question at the next visit. Maybe I’m trying to own this? I’m not sure. What does everyone think?
So we decided to go private. And we saw the surgeon on Wednesday. He said that he would be looking to cure my mum from the cancer. I guess he can’t say that he WILL cure her but I took it as a positive outlook.
But, the opinions of others, and ideas they come up with... for instance, some of our family are suggesting a mastectomy. Now it was a shock to think of something like that, but even when i get past that shock, I still think it’s drastic. The lesion is 5mm in diameter! And I know that I’m not the expert in all this and I’m not the one going through it. But my argument is that if it was an option that would improve the chances of success - the surgeon would have brought it up, wouldn’t he? I’m going to ask the question at the next visit. Maybe I’m trying to own this? I’m not sure. What does everyone think?