Newly diagnosed - how to cope?

Hi Sooz, so sorry to hear you have this crap bc journey ahead of you.It doesn’t seem fair for life to dish you out another dose of cancer! I was 47yr when I got a similar bc diagnosis(2003)- found the lump in the shower,stage 2, lumpectomy +full node clearance(all 18 clear!), radiation,NO chemo and Tamoxifen.My youngest daughter was doing her HSC so any age is a bad age. I didn’t follow through with Tamoxifen as it sooooo didn’t agree with me.Anyway,7yrs later it came back in the same breast so I had to have a mastectomy and chemo and then Tamoxifen.I took T for 4yrs as it was beginning to impact on my health.It’s now 8yrs later and I’m fine. It’s very overwhelming when treatment is laid out ahead for you. 10yrs of Tamoxifen feels like a lifetime but it maybe helpful to just take a bit at a time.My attitude was ‘take it and see how I go’.Some women have no trouble with Tamoxifen- we are all different. Nothing gets set in concrete and new info is always coming to light. Ultimately,it’s your body and your decision and it’s not one size fits all.Good luck with the onco test and I hope you avoid chemo.A psychologist can be helpful for sure and if you need a bc support group,I run one in the Hills area of Sydney and you’d be most welcome.