I’m a new member to the group
Hi there, I’ve just joined the group. I was diagnosed with stage 1 breast cancer at the end of November, I’m 40 years old & in good health & there is no family history. Thankfully I caught it early...
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I am so sorry to see you here @Lbazz230281 - and so sorry that you need to have further surgery to get clearer margins.
It has happened to a few members .... what has your surgeon recommended? Do you have a Breast Care Nurse that you can talk to as well? Do you have a date for the next surgery yet?
I was lucky and only had the one lot of surgery, then rads & tabs ..... but I'd always told myself that if it had been a worse diagnosis, that I would have gone 'flat' ...
The girls have given you an insight into their experiences ..... is your surgeon also a plastic surgeon as well? Not all recons end up as good as they thought they would be .... not all breast surgeons are fully trained as plastic surgeons - just one. more question to put to your surgeon xx
As the girls have said - be kind to yourself - have a rant, a rave, a meltdown, a cry - we have all been there. xx. This disease mucks with your brain even more than your body, I reckon - so if you start feeling sad - make sure you get referred to someone who can give you coping skills to help you thru this shit fight xx
For a bit of 'light reading' whilst you wait for your results - check out this post, that has info on a lot of other areas on the forum - and some 'tick sheets' down the bottom, that may help when formulating questions for your medical team xx
https://onlinenetwork.bcna.org.au/discussion/23477/a-big-welcome-to-all-our-new-members#latest
All the best with your decision making xx Take care, and wishing you all the best for your ongoing treatment xx
Gosh, @melclar@melclarity - what a hard slog you have had. I find it unbelievable that you were denied a reduction at the same time as your surgery - it is not as if it was 'enhancing' surgery ie increasing!....It was just the mental blow as well as the physical blow on top of everything else, that was totally avoidable. xx
It has happened to a few members .... what has your surgeon recommended? Do you have a Breast Care Nurse that you can talk to as well? Do you have a date for the next surgery yet?
I was lucky and only had the one lot of surgery, then rads & tabs ..... but I'd always told myself that if it had been a worse diagnosis, that I would have gone 'flat' ...
The girls have given you an insight into their experiences ..... is your surgeon also a plastic surgeon as well? Not all recons end up as good as they thought they would be .... not all breast surgeons are fully trained as plastic surgeons - just one. more question to put to your surgeon xx
As the girls have said - be kind to yourself - have a rant, a rave, a meltdown, a cry - we have all been there. xx. This disease mucks with your brain even more than your body, I reckon - so if you start feeling sad - make sure you get referred to someone who can give you coping skills to help you thru this shit fight xx
For a bit of 'light reading' whilst you wait for your results - check out this post, that has info on a lot of other areas on the forum - and some 'tick sheets' down the bottom, that may help when formulating questions for your medical team xx
https://onlinenetwork.bcna.org.au/discussion/23477/a-big-welcome-to-all-our-new-members#latest
All the best with your decision making xx Take care, and wishing you all the best for your ongoing treatment xx
Gosh, @melclar@melclarity - what a hard slog you have had. I find it unbelievable that you were denied a reduction at the same time as your surgery - it is not as if it was 'enhancing' surgery ie increasing!....It was just the mental blow as well as the physical blow on top of everything else, that was totally avoidable. xx