A tiny inflatable boat in a huge storm
Like many others, here I am joining this not-so-sought-after club- and feeling very much like a tiny inflatable boat in a stormy sea. I‘be just been diagnosed this week, although the process has be...
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Thank you @gumnut for your wishes, and @Blossom1961 for sharing your experience. I’m so sorry that you lost your business. I can’t imagine how distressing that was. I’ve started jotting some thoughts down about the business and keeping it running. I’ve started telling some colleagues and the love and generosity and offers of help have been very affirming. I have one staff member who literally started this week and I had to tell him on day two about what’s going on. He has been incredible.
I received my full diagnosis this morning and strangely I feel relieved, even though it can’t exactly be classified as good news. I have Stage 3, Grade 3 invasive carcinoma (inflammatory breast cancer) that is HER2+.
So it looks like I get the burger with the lot 😂. Chemo likely to start Monday for 6 months, along with the two HER2+ drugs for 12 months. Mastectomy and full lymph node removal on that side, and then some radiation.
So it looks like I get the burger with the lot 😂. Chemo likely to start Monday for 6 months, along with the two HER2+ drugs for 12 months. Mastectomy and full lymph node removal on that side, and then some radiation.
Things to be grateful for: noticing a sudden and dramatic change in my body; an attentive GP; to be born in 2021 in Australia; to have some savings in the bank; and to have the love and support of people around me. I know many people have much less, and I hope to do my part in supporting those less fortunate.