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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HI there @Irish50 - welcome to the forum and yep, this is the right place to vent and ask questions - lots of them.
Each person on this site has either been through or are going through treatment.
For some of us who have secondary cancer, we will never be rid of it.
What defines us though, as hard as it is to believe, is that we are still the same person we were before diagnosis. You are absolutely right in that you have not had "an accident" and felt perfectly well & healthy makes it soooo much harder to come to terms with.
We all get you - ostrich - perfect analogy - stick your head in the sand and it will all go away !!!
Listen to the experts - you go to the dentist for your teeth, mechanics for your car - if they are recommending radiotherapy then run with it ... but that is 6 weeks away. Don't be an ostrich, be Scarlett O'Hara (think about it tomorrow !).
For now, take the time to recover - both mentally from this whole shocking situation and physically from your surgery, keep loving your job (it is such a good distraction, I agree) and spend this special time of year with your loved ones.
You have been shaken to the core but you are still you.
Best wishes to you.
Sheryl xx