My First Blog
It's been 8 weeks since life was turned upside down with the diagnosis of DCIS which was to lead eventually to mastectomy.
In that time I've told family & friends, taken leave from work, had 2 sur...
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Hello Kate,
Thanks for taking the time to reply to my Blog - am so new to this, I'm not sure if I'm navigating the web site correctly !!
My "Oh Shit!" stage seems unrelenting but I do know I won't have to have further treatments as the cancer was totally removed with the mastectomy - there was no involvement with Lymph nodes, blood stream or tissue. I guess that's why I feel a bit of a fraud when I attend my support group & listen to the women around me talking about their treatments knowing I won't have to go through all that they do or suffer the side-effects BUT then I go home, have a shower & see the scar on my chest where my breast used to be & realise I'm not a fraud - just extremely lucky !!
My husband, children (3 aged between 29 & 19) & 3 sisters along with an army of friends have been absolutely fabulous throughout the last couple of months & I think going back to work (I work 3 1/2 days per week) will be good for the brain - get me thinking about other people, not just myself. But I will be very aware of myself & make allowances now where before I probably wouldn't have.
Kate, I hope your journey has gone the way you hoped & that you're well now to be with your beautiful family. I will keep smiling knowing that many, many wonderful women such as yourself have fought the battle & won before me.
Cheers, Pamela