Introducing Myself
Hello Everyone. I have just joined this website and am hopeing to connect with others in a similar situation as me. I was diagnosed in June 2021 with ILC . I had 6 months of chemo, then a mastectomy ...
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Hi @livingthedream, it was suggested above to join the mets group and you can do that if you wish. I have mets too, hormone positive. My original bc was 2020 but then mets in 2023.
It sure is a roller-coaster and it is good to connect here with others because having metastatic breast cancer can be very isolating. We sometimes get a bit lost in the see of pink.
Do you have support at home? Are you part of a support group or having counselling. All this can be helpful to you.
I hope they get your treatment sorted for you soon. I was diagnosed with mets last year and I found the first 6 months absolutely hell. It is extremely hard to process it all and all the changes that happen. It isn't just the diagnosis, it's your entire life, hence my comment about support.
There are some amazing treatments now and there are many mets patients living well as they can. I am currently on Fulvestrant injections and Ribociclib. Sometimes that's hard. When will you find out what your treatment is to be? I guess that's after your scan.
The waiting is so hard and scan anxiety is real. It is terribly hard. Keep busy, do things you enjoy. If the anxiety is getting too much see a gp and get something to take the edge off. Most people with mets get anxiety so it's ok to get help.
It sure is a roller-coaster and it is good to connect here with others because having metastatic breast cancer can be very isolating. We sometimes get a bit lost in the see of pink.
Do you have support at home? Are you part of a support group or having counselling. All this can be helpful to you.
I hope they get your treatment sorted for you soon. I was diagnosed with mets last year and I found the first 6 months absolutely hell. It is extremely hard to process it all and all the changes that happen. It isn't just the diagnosis, it's your entire life, hence my comment about support.
There are some amazing treatments now and there are many mets patients living well as they can. I am currently on Fulvestrant injections and Ribociclib. Sometimes that's hard. When will you find out what your treatment is to be? I guess that's after your scan.
The waiting is so hard and scan anxiety is real. It is terribly hard. Keep busy, do things you enjoy. If the anxiety is getting too much see a gp and get something to take the edge off. Most people with mets get anxiety so it's ok to get help.