A new day .. Aug 11 2020
Hi all even my discussion title makes me breath deeply. I’m 42 and was diagnosed on Aug 11th. I’m half way through my radiotherapy and just found out I’ll be undergoing chemo too. I got my head somewh...
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Hi there
After my diagnosis I nicknamed myself
After my diagnosis I nicknamed myself
“Melbourne” - 4 seasons in one day.
Happy, teary, hysterical and stoic.
After my mastectomy I added a 5th season - grief.
It’s perfectly normal to feel a whole range of emotions which can include anger and shock.Also to feel anxious
( I thought the term “ scanxiety “ was spot on!)
i was originally offered breast conserving surgery but after the MRI it turned out my lobular cancer was 5.5 cm so a mastectomy was the preferred way to go.
i am having a staged reconstruction with a tissue expander.
i don’t have to have chemo but will start radiotherapy in a couple of weeks then letrazole.
Am understandably apprehensive about side effects of both but the big thing that keeps me going is the relief that it’s not stage 4.
And it will get better.
Happy, teary, hysterical and stoic.
After my mastectomy I added a 5th season - grief.
It’s perfectly normal to feel a whole range of emotions which can include anger and shock.Also to feel anxious
( I thought the term “ scanxiety “ was spot on!)
i was originally offered breast conserving surgery but after the MRI it turned out my lobular cancer was 5.5 cm so a mastectomy was the preferred way to go.
i am having a staged reconstruction with a tissue expander.
i don’t have to have chemo but will start radiotherapy in a couple of weeks then letrazole.
Am understandably apprehensive about side effects of both but the big thing that keeps me going is the relief that it’s not stage 4.
And it will get better.
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