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Confussed and scared
Hello to all. I am new to this . I was diagnosed on Friday the 31st August with breast cancer. My story is as follows, In May I got a bad case of shingles which was on my left side of back went aroun...
Hi Gal. You can continue your discussion here, or start a new one, whatever you like. And there's no such thing as a silly question!
In my opinion you can definitely get information overload from reading about anything, let alone about your own diagnosis of cancer which renders us exquisitely vulnerable. At your stage too, when you're waiting on pathology results, and it's still unclear what direction your treatment will take, it's just too much. A lot of what you're reading about just won't apply. So, with respect, I say stop! Stick to your My Journey kit (have you got it yet?), and if you've got a particular question, ask a medical person or pop it on here.
I always did better when distracted. Sounds like you've done well with that. Being distracted by the company of friends is marvellous.
I am reasonably OK with staying away from Dr Google but every now and then I go down the rabbit hole... It sometimes requires a very conscious effort to stop. A deliberate "No, I'm not going to think about this anymore" is a strategy that is good to deploy. With purpose, turn your mind away from BC and onto something else. Planning a holiday you want to take, a craft project, redecorating, the book you want to write or a party you're going to plan. Anything at all that's not cancer!
Hang in there. Big hug, K xox
In my opinion you can definitely get information overload from reading about anything, let alone about your own diagnosis of cancer which renders us exquisitely vulnerable. At your stage too, when you're waiting on pathology results, and it's still unclear what direction your treatment will take, it's just too much. A lot of what you're reading about just won't apply. So, with respect, I say stop! Stick to your My Journey kit (have you got it yet?), and if you've got a particular question, ask a medical person or pop it on here.
I always did better when distracted. Sounds like you've done well with that. Being distracted by the company of friends is marvellous.
I am reasonably OK with staying away from Dr Google but every now and then I go down the rabbit hole... It sometimes requires a very conscious effort to stop. A deliberate "No, I'm not going to think about this anymore" is a strategy that is good to deploy. With purpose, turn your mind away from BC and onto something else. Planning a holiday you want to take, a craft project, redecorating, the book you want to write or a party you're going to plan. Anything at all that's not cancer!
Hang in there. Big hug, K xox