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Shock but believe I will be okay
Hi Sisters
I was diagnosed Friday 13 Jan. I am fit and healthy, 49 yrs (50 in a couple of weeks) run a full Gold Coast marathon 42.2 km in July 2016 with the lump in my armpit (in lymph node). Dr sa...
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Hi Monica, I was similar age and in a similar boat - no signs and no symptoms, nothing evident on ultrasound - only those nasty little granular planetary calcifications that popped up in my lefty boob in a mammogram...I'm vegetarian, exercise, don't drink much (haven't drink any alcohol the past 12 months). So it came as a shock.
Once I felt like I was back in control, I managed to handle whatever they threw at me...but I felt like I needed to make the important decisions (who my breast specialist would be...I got 2 opinions; timing of the surgery; the staged recon with the plastic surgeon etc).
Afterwards, I was so excited to recommence my pilates and to get all movement and flexibility back.
Now it's a matter of being as fit as I can be for the next phase - the full recon. But I do believe the hard bit (the cancer bit) is over. The rest is icing on the cake.
Good luck to you.
Will be thinking of you,
Nikki
Once I felt like I was back in control, I managed to handle whatever they threw at me...but I felt like I needed to make the important decisions (who my breast specialist would be...I got 2 opinions; timing of the surgery; the staged recon with the plastic surgeon etc).
Afterwards, I was so excited to recommence my pilates and to get all movement and flexibility back.
Now it's a matter of being as fit as I can be for the next phase - the full recon. But I do believe the hard bit (the cancer bit) is over. The rest is icing on the cake.
Good luck to you.
Will be thinking of you,
Nikki