Diagnosed today
Hi all, I was diagnosed with Invasive breast cancer by my GP this morning. I don't have anymore information shared with me apart from the mass is 2.7cm in my left breast - as detected in a mammogra...
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Dear @Tammy9
Hard as it is, it’s necessary to take one thing at a time. It may be surgery first, but it might not. You’ve made the critical appointments for qualified advice, and some semblance of a timetable. Whether you continue work or not depends on that timetable, your reaction to
treatment and your own preferences. Again, it’s very hard to make a decision on very little information.
Having some support (a good friend, a breast care nurse, whatever seems best) can make things easier. Your family are probably feeling distant and unable to help, but as @Blossom1961 says, you can’t take responsibility for their feelings, you have quite enough to deal with.
It’s important to remember that treatment gets better every year, that people can and do get through it all, and that the immediate whirl of confusion and alarm will actually pass. Best wishes.
Hard as it is, it’s necessary to take one thing at a time. It may be surgery first, but it might not. You’ve made the critical appointments for qualified advice, and some semblance of a timetable. Whether you continue work or not depends on that timetable, your reaction to
treatment and your own preferences. Again, it’s very hard to make a decision on very little information.
Having some support (a good friend, a breast care nurse, whatever seems best) can make things easier. Your family are probably feeling distant and unable to help, but as @Blossom1961 says, you can’t take responsibility for their feelings, you have quite enough to deal with.
It’s important to remember that treatment gets better every year, that people can and do get through it all, and that the immediate whirl of confusion and alarm will actually pass. Best wishes.