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Nervous about next step
Hi everyone, I was diagnosed on 13th April with grade 3 invasive breast cancer, had a Mastectomy and lymph node removal/biopsy on the 9th May, on the 25th May I was told that they seem to of got the c...
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The anticipation is the absolute worst part. I was so scared before my first chemo - MUCH more worried about that than about my double mastectomy. Operations I could get my head around - been there done that - but pumping poison into my veins? WFT? How was that going to go down? Turned out to be absolutely fine. The oncology nurses were amazing and kind and thoughtful. And what really helped was asking all the people on here, to share their chemo experiences. I knew that everyone had their own, unique story but getting the whole bell curve of experiences in my head gave me a wide range of possible expectations.
For someone like me, who survives on gathering info, that was a godsend. Here’s the link to the discussion:
http://onlinenetwork.bcna.org.au/discussion/18682/chemo-here-i-go#latest
Sending you tons of good wishes and positive thoughts. Please keep in touch and let us know how you’re doing Wendy.
Xxxxx Yvette
The anticipation is the absolute worst part. I was so scared before my first chemo - MUCH more worried about that than about my double mastectomy. Operations I could get my head around - been there done that - but pumping poison into my veins? WFT? How was that going to go down? Turned out to be absolutely fine. The oncology nurses were amazing and kind and thoughtful. And what really helped was asking all the people on here, to share their chemo experiences. I knew that everyone had their own, unique story but getting the whole bell curve of experiences in my head gave me a wide range of possible expectations.
For someone like me, who survives on gathering info, that was a godsend. Here’s the link to the discussion:
http://onlinenetwork.bcna.org.au/discussion/18682/chemo-here-i-go#latest
Sending you tons of good wishes and positive thoughts. Please keep in touch and let us know how you’re doing Wendy.
Xxxxx Yvette