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Coping with uncertainty and waiting
Hi everyone, I'm 33 and have just had a double mastectomy for what they think is high grade, bilateral dcis. I chose mastectomy over lumpectomy/radio. I'm struggling emotionally less with the ma...
Hi Julie,
Wow. Six operations... It is a process. Yes. Living in the present. That's the trick. I do think that it is the future stuff that really gets me as I was just building career/family as this hit and I suppose it's made me feel completely disoriented and unhinged. I mean, life is fragile at the best of times, but it seems more so right now. But I've realised that life is also precious in a way I took for granted before. That's something ...
Take care,
Jen xx
Wow. Six operations... It is a process. Yes. Living in the present. That's the trick. I do think that it is the future stuff that really gets me as I was just building career/family as this hit and I suppose it's made me feel completely disoriented and unhinged. I mean, life is fragile at the best of times, but it seems more so right now. But I've realised that life is also precious in a way I took for granted before. That's something ...
Take care,
Jen xx