Ostrich
Hi Whirlwind doesn't begin to cover it. No family history, first mammogram which I seriously considered not having done and within a month I've had lumpectomy and sentinel nodes taken, bone density,...
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Keep thinking you are not sick, mind over matter is quite important here. You are not sick, but your body has had a fairly serious malfunction. You will do the radiotherapy because you need another malfunction like a hole in the head. Whether you keep working or not is a personal matter - I went back to work a week after a mastectomy and worked through chemo, BUT I had no fatigue or nausea and work helped me keep up the 'not sick but needing treatment' approach. I also didn't have radiotherapy. Many find some time out very beneficial, if only to get your head around what has happened. Best wishes, it's a long haul but you can get through it!