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Emotional Guidance
Hello 👋 I was just diagnosed two weeks ago with HER2 Positive BC. I’m 36 yrs old with two young children and a wonderful husband. I’m struggling with the mental, emotional side of it all and won...
I found the Dr Charlotte Tottman podcasts excellent.
I also had a couple of sessions with a psychologist who specialized in cancer related distress early on that was helpful.
There was also a breast cancer surgeon in the UK who got breast cancer herself and wrote a blog and a book ( with another doctor a GP who also got breast cancer) I borrowed that from my local library .
I found some friends found it awkward to deal with my diagnosis (I felt like saying “ it’s not contagious”) but others really stepped up to the plate ( my best is a friend who is a retired psych nurse who has been amazing - I say “ once a nurse always a nurse” - she has caring in her DNA).
My husband has been my rock .
I have also found this online network a great source of information and support and made a few great buddies along the way.
Take care and post on here with any questions or feel free to “ vent” - we all “get it “ in a way that those without our diagnosis (however caring ) will never truly do.
Dr Liz O’Riordan was the UK breast cancer surgeon who wrote the blog and book .
Rose1988​ Here's the link to Liz O'Riordan's blog on her Cancer Journey - Start with 'What Learning Curve' and work your way thru her blogs.
As a Breast Surgeon, sadly, she was not at all prepared for all that happened to her with her own diagnosis, treatment, surgery, side effects and recurrences :(