Newly diagnosed metastatic cancer

Thanks for your update @Rhubarb21.  I get people saying to me i look good too. It's a common thing said when we have metastatic breast cancer. I guess people just don't really understand what it can be like for us. I say to those people, the real question to ask is ' Do you feel as good as you look?'

Mets is hard. I don't have as many bone mets as you but I have it in my liver too.  One of the ladies in my support group has mets in so many of her bones and she has been metastatic now for 11 years.  My oncologist says it doesn't matter where the mets are as long as treatment halts progression. That's what we want for as long as possible.

So pleased you have your kids support. None of us could manage without our nearest and dearest. One thing I did was to stop thinking I was dying. I started off like that when I was first diagnosed with mets. Then I thought that I am not dying (not yet). What I am doing is living with metastatic breast cancer and i am living well, as best I can and it makes life for me far more enjoyable. Keep enjoying life, keep doing everything you love and being with those you love.