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"I don't have time for BC"
Let me start from the beginning... Fri 13th April 2018, a day after I turned 35 years old. As I was getting ready for work, I felt a strange lump on my right breast and it was painful to touch. Initi...
Hi @flips As I have found out being too busy and, in my case.too grumpy to have time for cancer doesn't seem to make any difference. Now I've had to deal with it twice. To say that it is inconvenient is an understatement; it's the biggest fucking nuisance I have ever encountered.
The surgery is brutal, but ultimately survivable. If you've dodged chemo and rads that is an excellent thing and should mean you can get back to something resembling a normal life quite quickly.
I don't think you ever get over the shock of diagnosis and it leaves a nasty feeling of something lurking behind you, just out of sight. I wasn't surprised to find I had cancer the first time and was expecting it the second, but it has rattled me and does make you consider things that you had previously either taken for granted or put on the back burner to deal with 'later.' Good luck. Mxx
The surgery is brutal, but ultimately survivable. If you've dodged chemo and rads that is an excellent thing and should mean you can get back to something resembling a normal life quite quickly.
I don't think you ever get over the shock of diagnosis and it leaves a nasty feeling of something lurking behind you, just out of sight. I wasn't surprised to find I had cancer the first time and was expecting it the second, but it has rattled me and does make you consider things that you had previously either taken for granted or put on the back burner to deal with 'later.' Good luck. Mxx