Trying to make sense of it all.....
What I am feeling like at the moment, as I wait is that sometimes I feel like - I am not wording this so well, sometimes I feel like a bit of a fraud - being Grade1 and probably Stage 1 as well - mayb...
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So glad you have the appointment. Having a plan really helps. Chemo or radio should start within 6 weeks. They missed my referral and just squeezed me in the time frame. I saw the oncologist 10 days after surgery in Adelaide. But a different oncologist (same team) would do it in Broken Hill. If I hadn't rung I would have missed the crucial time period...and mine was a grade 3 Es+ Her2+.
However...don't feel a fraud. Breast cancer is different fir everyone and you know as we all do that women die having slow growing bc too. Your personal experience of losing your Mum only heightens this awareness. It's not a cold. It's a genuine life threatening change in your cells.
My husband did the whole ostrich thing. Men like to pretend its just a little blip. They don't get the fear that goes with it (unless if course they've experienced something similar ) My husband really didn't believe it was bc until pathology laid out. (He quietly researched my pathology and quietly freaked out). However I could never discuss my real fear of dying and leaving them with anyone except other bc sisters. (My sister died of bc and 3 Aunts died of ovarian/breast cancer) Always the brave face at home. That's us.
This site is a great place to just blog about that. Saying...I'm scared, I'm terrified, I don't sleep. ..it's all okay. Because we get it. Whether it's a near miss, stage 0 or metastatic. ..the emotions wash over us all.
Keep ringing up to ensure you aren't missed. It's your health / your life. Kath x
However...don't feel a fraud. Breast cancer is different fir everyone and you know as we all do that women die having slow growing bc too. Your personal experience of losing your Mum only heightens this awareness. It's not a cold. It's a genuine life threatening change in your cells.
My husband did the whole ostrich thing. Men like to pretend its just a little blip. They don't get the fear that goes with it (unless if course they've experienced something similar ) My husband really didn't believe it was bc until pathology laid out. (He quietly researched my pathology and quietly freaked out). However I could never discuss my real fear of dying and leaving them with anyone except other bc sisters. (My sister died of bc and 3 Aunts died of ovarian/breast cancer) Always the brave face at home. That's us.
This site is a great place to just blog about that. Saying...I'm scared, I'm terrified, I don't sleep. ..it's all okay. Because we get it. Whether it's a near miss, stage 0 or metastatic. ..the emotions wash over us all.
Keep ringing up to ensure you aren't missed. It's your health / your life. Kath x