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Mals
1 year agoMember
New Diagnosis - Should I be more emotional??
Thought I should really get my act together and finally have my first BreastScreen (South Australia) - age 53. Didn't think much about it and was preparing to book a family overseas holiday when sudde...
Katie46
1 year agoMember
Hi @Mals, I think everyone reacts differently, I was fairly unemotional about it with the odd wobble along the way. I told all my family, friends, and work right after diagnosis, I was comfortable discussing it with people. I was diagnosed on my first mammogram at 50, and had stage 2 grade 3 IDC with 1 lymph node involved so I pretty much knew I'd be having chemo because of the high grade. I found the early stages of diagnosis and tests did get a bit overwhelming at times, especially as they were trying to cram everything in before the Christmas break, but my McGrath nurse was great and helped with that. Most of the time I just wanted to get on with it. I finished chemo and radiation in July and I'm now on hormone blockers and life is pretty much back to normal. Whatever way you deal with it is totally fine 🙂