Lupus, CPTSD, Breast Cancer... Oh My!
Hi everyone thanks for having me here in the group. i have systemic lupus and have been living with it since i was 17 years old. i'm 35 now. I found out last week i have breast cancer from the doctor...
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Hi Liz -
Sending you all the luck I can for your results today. I'm 39, diagnosed in my 20's with MS, and thought that was bad enough, so to go through loosing 2 babies on the run up to a BC diagnosis last year really did test my limits, I was triple neg, have had my surgery (with all the lymph nodes take and 2 positive), had a port put in (veins to bad for chemo) and now I'm though 2/3rds of my chemo. It's so completely crappy and overwhelming, I remember feeling so scared with my MS diagnosis and what it meant for my future, in a way I think that experienced helped me cope a little with the trauma of the BC diagnosis - but the waiting and volume of information you're meant to absorb in such a short time really did get to me. I may have weak genes, and a shocking immune system, but I'm still here, and I'm making the most of every day I do have, especially when I feel good and the sun is shining.
Take each day as it comes, breathe deep, and it's OK to burst into tears and not always be strong - life just deals us shitty cards sometimes, and friends and family mostly don't get how to deal with it - or you (I've had everything from "I know what you're going through" - never had cancer or any serious illness to other awesome friends who just want to analyse the details of every treatment and the drugs they have me on, because that's where they find their solace, in the detail of the things they hope will fix me.
Sending you only positive thoughts and best wishes,
Hugs
Leonie