Just diagnosed stage 1 - feeling scared
Hi all Three weeks ago I was in the shower and noticed a lump. I'm not a lumpy breast person so I realised straight away. It was tender also. So I booked a mammogram through breast screen and saw ...
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I also just want to add some of my own wisdom .. and maybe I will see this differently as I am now at the end of treatment as apposed to beginning it, but it has given me time to reflect and see things a little differently to how you probably see them.
This diagnosis, although it feels like it now, is NOT a "kick me while I am down".
I was halfway through chemotherapy when my partner decided to get lawyers involved in a separation ...can you believe that? ... while I was so unwell that is what he did. I lost my family. I lost my home. I lost friends. I had cancer. I lost my job. I didn't think it could get much worse. In spite of everything, I found so many positives. I found an inner strength I never knew I had. I took a deep breath, one foot in front of the other and walked the path given to me. It was rough but at the same time, and you will not see this yet :) .. and this will probably sound odd, it has been a rewarding experience in some respects. I have had an experience like no other and have reassessed my life like I would never had done previously.
There is a silver lining to everything in our world, sometimes it just looks black but if you look closely you will see the silver peaking through. Welcome to the club, even though none of use wanted to be members. I hope that you will try and find the positives in your world, they are there, they may be small and you will probably need to look hard but they will be there!
I know you will find an inner strength that will pick you up and keep you moving forward to better days xx
This diagnosis, although it feels like it now, is NOT a "kick me while I am down".
I was halfway through chemotherapy when my partner decided to get lawyers involved in a separation ...can you believe that? ... while I was so unwell that is what he did. I lost my family. I lost my home. I lost friends. I had cancer. I lost my job. I didn't think it could get much worse. In spite of everything, I found so many positives. I found an inner strength I never knew I had. I took a deep breath, one foot in front of the other and walked the path given to me. It was rough but at the same time, and you will not see this yet :) .. and this will probably sound odd, it has been a rewarding experience in some respects. I have had an experience like no other and have reassessed my life like I would never had done previously.
There is a silver lining to everything in our world, sometimes it just looks black but if you look closely you will see the silver peaking through. Welcome to the club, even though none of use wanted to be members. I hope that you will try and find the positives in your world, they are there, they may be small and you will probably need to look hard but they will be there!
I know you will find an inner strength that will pick you up and keep you moving forward to better days xx