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Hi..my name is Lisa Im 51, married with two children, one 21 and one 18yo. My life has changed so much over the past 4 weeks Im terrified when I recap everything and need to just push it aside. 4...
Hello Lisa,
Reading your post gave me goosebumps because your feelings were so similar to mine when first diagnosed with Grade 3 stage 2. I found a lump the day before attending girlfriends funeral. She died as a result of secondaries to her breast cancer. I felt numb from that moment on and until chemo started. The numbness and fear returned before starting radiation. Lumpectomy and axially clearance with 2 nodes positive. Chemo for 5 months followed by radiotherapy for 4 weeks. 3 weekly herceptin injections to continue until december. None of the treatments were as bad as I had imagined. Now I feel I have given it my best shot. The ladies have given good advice and it helps to take it one step at a time to minimise being overwhelmed. You will find the health care team very supportive and informative. You will be learning a whole new language.
Wishing you the very best
Sue P
Reading your post gave me goosebumps because your feelings were so similar to mine when first diagnosed with Grade 3 stage 2. I found a lump the day before attending girlfriends funeral. She died as a result of secondaries to her breast cancer. I felt numb from that moment on and until chemo started. The numbness and fear returned before starting radiation. Lumpectomy and axially clearance with 2 nodes positive. Chemo for 5 months followed by radiotherapy for 4 weeks. 3 weekly herceptin injections to continue until december. None of the treatments were as bad as I had imagined. Now I feel I have given it my best shot. The ladies have given good advice and it helps to take it one step at a time to minimise being overwhelmed. You will find the health care team very supportive and informative. You will be learning a whole new language.
Wishing you the very best
Sue P