Hello,and welcome to the online network:) This is the place that you are going to find all the support and help to get you through the coming months.I was diagnosed 18 months ago.I had mastectomy,then chemo.Now I am fine.I have never felt better!! Throughout the BC experience,you will always find ignorant people,people with bizarre and uneducated ideas! When you know what your treatment program will be,just tell your boss,as simply as you can.The next few months are all about you,and not people who don't want to support you properly.Ths is your life!!There have been many discussions on this blog over the past few months about people's attitudes when they hear that you have Cancer.Like you, I was surrounded by people in the beginning,but I was scared witless!!! I found though,that as time went by,and I met my oncologist,then started treatment,that I started to feel much more in control,and not so frightened.I learnt that BC is very treatable,and most ladies go on to live long,healthy lives.The perception that most of us have about chemo is not entirely true.Today,for every side effect that chemo has,there is a medication to treat it,and so you will come to see,that it can be done,and you will be ok:):)The MOST important advice I can give you is DONT look ahead.Stay in the present,and if today is a lovely sunny day,just enjoy it for what it is.Take care of yourself,eat nutritious food,try and walk every day,or at least some form of exercise.The healthier you can be,the better you will feel once treatment starts.Stay connected on here,and ask as many questions as you like.Before you know it,you will be counting down the days to the end of all this.There is an end,and life is VERY good again:):)Cheers Robyn.xox
