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Surgery decisions
@Sheeba original post copied from the activity section. I was diagnosed with stage 3 breast hormone positive breast cancer in august 2021. The surgeon said because of the size of my breasts in rel...
All the best with your results tomorrow, @Sheeba. I hope you get clear margins & can move onto the radiation phase (which many of us actually found to be not to be as 'nasty' as our brains imagined!)
Try not to overthink things or get ahead of yourself - as your brain can play nasty tricks on you! ...... Sadly, a percentage of us may go on to develop Mets/advanced cancer - but we also have plenty of members with Mets who are living full & happy lives, 10+ years past diagnosis .... as they are getting so much better at treating it now, looking at it more as a 'chronic disease', with advances in treatment being made every year ...
Take plenty of Deep breaths .... Take one day at a time, one hour at a time, if needed xx
Try not to overthink things or get ahead of yourself - as your brain can play nasty tricks on you! ...... Sadly, a percentage of us may go on to develop Mets/advanced cancer - but we also have plenty of members with Mets who are living full & happy lives, 10+ years past diagnosis .... as they are getting so much better at treating it now, looking at it more as a 'chronic disease', with advances in treatment being made every year ...
Take plenty of Deep breaths .... Take one day at a time, one hour at a time, if needed xx