Highs and Lows ... WAVES of whacky emotions..
Hello. I've been floating through so many discussions and thought I'd say hello. Im 28, I received my positive BRACA result AUG 2017, and early sept I found I have a stage 3 triple neg invasive ducta...
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@LoriB welcome to the forum, the one that none of us really wanted to join but are grateful for.
I think to how I would've been at your age, 28, yes I was always a confident person but I think it would've knocked me for six. Now that I am older when I was diagnosed it was a case of a gulp, okay, what should we do next and let's get on with it! Acceptance is a huge part of being able to cope with treatment!
I can see by the posts above that it has stirred a lot of emotions in us all in how we reacted and still reacting to what lays ahead or where we have been recently!
If you haven't done so may I suggest that your order the My Journey Kit - it's free and there is lots of good information and opportunity within to keep a diary and track of costs and appointments et cetera
https://www.bcna.org.au/resources/my-journey-kit/
Also on here there are groups and there is one that you may benefit from - Young Women
http://onlinenetwork.bcna.org.au/group/10-young-women
Check out BCNA website and you'll find some good resource information as well as a phone number for counselling, they will give you some coping strategies.
Your focus has changed and it is now about getting control of BC - we're all in this together supporting each other through. Sending you a virtual hug, please take care
I think to how I would've been at your age, 28, yes I was always a confident person but I think it would've knocked me for six. Now that I am older when I was diagnosed it was a case of a gulp, okay, what should we do next and let's get on with it! Acceptance is a huge part of being able to cope with treatment!
I can see by the posts above that it has stirred a lot of emotions in us all in how we reacted and still reacting to what lays ahead or where we have been recently!
If you haven't done so may I suggest that your order the My Journey Kit - it's free and there is lots of good information and opportunity within to keep a diary and track of costs and appointments et cetera
https://www.bcna.org.au/resources/my-journey-kit/
Also on here there are groups and there is one that you may benefit from - Young Women
http://onlinenetwork.bcna.org.au/group/10-young-women
Check out BCNA website and you'll find some good resource information as well as a phone number for counselling, they will give you some coping strategies.
Your focus has changed and it is now about getting control of BC - we're all in this together supporting each other through. Sending you a virtual hug, please take care