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Found out this week I have DCIS
I’m 60 years old and I noticed a slight indentation under my left nipple and a dull ache in my left breast. I was supposed to have a Mammogram in May, but you know COVID happened. Anyway I finally...
Hello @Blister 🙂
You are very lucky you caught it early, yes. The outlook is also fantastic 😊. However, it is cancer. And you need time to process it. And you have every right to feel like you do. It’s fine that people are telling you that you’ll beat it and to be calm, it’s necessary to have encouragement and positivity. But in the beginning I also think it’s necessary to allow yourself to feel whatever it is you feel about it. It’s your body, your battle and your emotions around it. And none is allowed to tell you how to feel about it. You need to go through the fear, confusion, sadness, anger etc. You need to feel all this. Don’t suppress or ignore it, or it will only get worse. Allow to feel what needs to be felt, then after that you can transfer to feeling calm, after things have progressed and you’re more familiar with the whole thing.
You are very lucky you caught it early, yes. The outlook is also fantastic 😊. However, it is cancer. And you need time to process it. And you have every right to feel like you do. It’s fine that people are telling you that you’ll beat it and to be calm, it’s necessary to have encouragement and positivity. But in the beginning I also think it’s necessary to allow yourself to feel whatever it is you feel about it. It’s your body, your battle and your emotions around it. And none is allowed to tell you how to feel about it. You need to go through the fear, confusion, sadness, anger etc. You need to feel all this. Don’t suppress or ignore it, or it will only get worse. Allow to feel what needs to be felt, then after that you can transfer to feeling calm, after things have progressed and you’re more familiar with the whole thing.
Good luck with the surgery, and ask for a psychologist where you are able to discuss whatever you feel without being judged or made to feel guilty about it 🍀❤️