Feeling a little lost
Hi Ladies, I was diagnosed with locally advanced triple negative IDC last October. Started chemo in November and just finished the last round on Friday. Chemo started with paclitaxel weekly + ca...
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Hi there
” Feeling a little lost” after a BC diagnosis is perfectly normal.
You have come to the right place in this forum - we all “ get it” and no question is ever too trivial or silly and you can vent away till the cows come home!
I never cried to much in my life as when I was diagnosed.
But it WILL get better.
I decided to start a journal and write down my feelings plus medical stuff and milestones.
I was reading back over it the other day and liked this entry “ Got back from my week down the south coast and realised I hadn’t cried for a whole week”. That was a holiday I treated myself to at the end of my radiotherapy ( 4 months from diagnosis).
I ended up having a double mastectomy ( skin sparing) with delayed DIEP flap surgery.
I am now 5 months post that surgery and 18 months post diagnosis.
I have made some adjustments to my life but am pretty happy with my “new normal.”
Prognosis for breast cancer is good compared with other cancers so in the end you can’t let the “ what ifs” rule your life.
I had a couple of session with a psychologist specialising in cancer related stress early on and that was helpful .
I also found the podcast listed above in the “announcements” by Dr Charlotte Tottman excellent .
Take care.🌺
” Feeling a little lost” after a BC diagnosis is perfectly normal.
You have come to the right place in this forum - we all “ get it” and no question is ever too trivial or silly and you can vent away till the cows come home!
I never cried to much in my life as when I was diagnosed.
But it WILL get better.
I decided to start a journal and write down my feelings plus medical stuff and milestones.
I was reading back over it the other day and liked this entry “ Got back from my week down the south coast and realised I hadn’t cried for a whole week”. That was a holiday I treated myself to at the end of my radiotherapy ( 4 months from diagnosis).
I ended up having a double mastectomy ( skin sparing) with delayed DIEP flap surgery.
I am now 5 months post that surgery and 18 months post diagnosis.
I have made some adjustments to my life but am pretty happy with my “new normal.”
Prognosis for breast cancer is good compared with other cancers so in the end you can’t let the “ what ifs” rule your life.
I had a couple of session with a psychologist specialising in cancer related stress early on and that was helpful .
I also found the podcast listed above in the “announcements” by Dr Charlotte Tottman excellent .
Take care.🌺