First time
This is the very first time I've created a blog, LOL. Being my age you'd think I have already began one being Gen Y.
Well it has been 3 years since my first cancer diagnosis and 9 months since my d...
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Hi Smiley
I am also living with secondary breast cancer - spread to bones and liver - a matching couple! Although I am HER2 negative.
You are right that 28 years is way too young to have to deal with this kind of thing - unfortunately, cancer doesn't discriminate. I was diagnosed with secondaries from the beginning, in December 2010. I was 40 years old with 2 young kids. It really sent me spinning.
Speaking with others in the same situation does help. While friends and family try to be supportive they just don't 'get it'.
Most of the time I'm OK - I get on with life and my treatment are annoying interruptions to my life. But it is always good to know that there are people you can rant to here when you are having a bad day. Or share good news with when that happens too!
Wish we didn't have to meet like this - but welcome to the site. I hope you find it a supportive and safe space to be.
Amy x
PS Have you ordered the Hopes and Hurdles pack from BCNA?