future worrying...back again
I have started to worry again about metastises. Silly I know, but I'm really fretting about how I will know whether I have any. I spose it;s because a few poeple I know have died recently after a v...
Forum Discussion
I agree. It is worrying not knowing what is happening in our bodies.
I was first diagnosed at age 35 in 2003 and didn't have chemo. I was unlucky enough to be diagnosed with another breast cancer in 2010 at age 42. This time I had chemo. I didn't want to worry about all those little cancer cells potentially bouncing around in my body! I guess being diagnosed twice and having chemo this time would put my mind at ease because hopefully all the cancer cells are dead, but it doesn't. It's always in the back of my mind...
I think we have to trust our doctors when they say that there is no need for scans/tests (even though that is hard to understand). They know what is best and if we listen to our own bodies and get any niggling pains checked if they don't clear up in a couple of weeks, then hopefully none of us will have any recurrence of this horrible disease.
Louise x