This tuff cookie is crumbling
Hi I am 46 and diagnosed 2 weeks ago with invasive ductal carsonoma and DCIS on a routine mammogram. Met my surgeon on Friday and having surgery this Wednesday. He offered me a mastectomy but said I...
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That’s a good tactic, I must use that one, otherwise I feel like that’s all I contribute, I hate the pity face!!! And the it will be ‘okay’ face.
I hate that any interaction with people is about cancer, or sucks being the ‘cancer’ friend. The best support we have had as a family is meals delivered from a wide circle of friends. If people offe to cook for me, I accept gladly, it’s helps us out as a family to enjoy a meal with out the prep, and clean up. Other help with lifts for kids, and errands.
I have more surgery next Thursday as BCS didn’t get the results, so also feel like the changing goal posts and timelines of this beast are out of my control, I trucked on through chemo with only a few wobbles, but the surgery change of plan has rocked me intensely.
Sometimes I can only talk to people who have had BC or are going through it, as we all know exactly the feelings it takes up!
Anyway, masectomy and lymph node clearance for me on Thursday(recon will be another decision for another time) then Rads. Then hopefully a bit of life back.
I hate that any interaction with people is about cancer, or sucks being the ‘cancer’ friend. The best support we have had as a family is meals delivered from a wide circle of friends. If people offe to cook for me, I accept gladly, it’s helps us out as a family to enjoy a meal with out the prep, and clean up. Other help with lifts for kids, and errands.
I have more surgery next Thursday as BCS didn’t get the results, so also feel like the changing goal posts and timelines of this beast are out of my control, I trucked on through chemo with only a few wobbles, but the surgery change of plan has rocked me intensely.
Sometimes I can only talk to people who have had BC or are going through it, as we all know exactly the feelings it takes up!
Anyway, masectomy and lymph node clearance for me on Thursday(recon will be another decision for another time) then Rads. Then hopefully a bit of life back.