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katrina_L
Member
15 years ago

A bit overwhelmed

Hi,

This is my first blog ever

Just been diagnosed this week feeling very overwhelmed with it all, knew something was wrong but just kept on delaying going to Drs as i had scans a year earlier and thought everything should be fine but had that gut feeling, So my excuses are we have had a bit of a rough year flooded in Jan lost our house and all our possessions (insurance still hasn’t paid), lost my lovely dad in March and now July Breast Cancer

Trying to stay positive

See a surgeon next week for my mastectomy it’s all surreal

thanks for listening :)

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  • katrina_L's avatar
    katrina_L
    Member
    15 years ago

    Hi Maria

    Thanks for your message,Its great to know so many Pink ladies will be there on my Journey for support,

    I have so many things to learn, and this is the place im sure i'll get lots of info

    Thanks Katrina

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    katrina_L
    Member
    15 years ago

    Hi Tonya

    Thanks for message, Really in the big scheme of thing losing our home is nothing, i was just sitting there and thinking what else could happen obviously i shouldnt write  blogs in the morning(lol) i am usually positive .i can understand "Battle mode" i think its starting, the only thing im having trouble with is telling my mum its so soon after losing my dad my sisiter wants me to tell her tomorrow i just dont know how, thanks for listening

    Katrina

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    katrina_L
    Member
    15 years ago

    Hi Louise

    didn,t mean to sound down the other morning i was just sitting there and thinking what else , i am usually  very positive person, this site will defenitely be a great source of encouragement im sure there will many highs and lows ,i am very lucky i have a wonderful husband and 2 great kids that will give me great support, but you always need someone else to talk to and ask questions especially when they have been or going through the same things Thanks for your message

    Katrina

     

     

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    katrina_L
    Member
    15 years ago

    Hi Janet

    looking through many blogs i have notice great support for everyone ,it helps knowing that i can talk to someone going through the same things thanks for your message

    Katrina

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    Maria333
    Member
    15 years ago

    Hello Katrina,

    I can relate to your comment of 'it is all surreal' i think that a lot. Seems you are well in tune with your intuition. (Your gut instinct as you said.) This is what has helped me thru this breast cancer journey. Listening to my intuition on what foods to eat - when to rest, using music to help me relax.

    You have come thru so much, I cannot begin to imagine your heartache. But you have come thru it.

    We are many pink ladies here to share emotions on our journey of breast cancer.

    All the very best.

    Maria333

  • Maria333's avatar
    Maria333
    Member
    15 years ago

    Hello Katrina,

    I can relate to your comment of 'it is all surreal' i think that a lot. Seems you are well in tune with your intuition. (Your gut instinct as you said.) This is what has helped me thru this breast cancer journey. Listening to my intuition on what foods to eat - when to rest, using music to help me relax.

    You have come thru so much, I cannot begin to imagine your heartache. But you have come thru it.

    We are many pink ladies here to share emotions on our journey of breast cancer.

    All the very best.

    Maria333

  • louiseg's avatar
    louiseg
    Member
    15 years ago

    Hi Katrina

    You sound like you have had a really hard time lately and to have breast cancer thrown into the mix is really not fair!  Welcome to the club that no-one wants to be a part of but we all love this website for the wonderful ladies who offer so much support and encouragement.

    We can all understand what you are going through as we have been through it ourselves (maybe not the losing the house etc but certainly the BC!!).  Feel free to vent or whinge or ask questions any time as there is always someone on here to give you some advice or just to listen.  I have had such wonderful support from everyone here - I just wish this website had been around when I had breast cancer for the first time in 2003 (age 35) as I would have loved the support then too!

    Good luck for your treatment and keep in touch,

    Louise x

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    janny
    Member
    15 years ago

    Hi Katrina, sorry you have to be here but you will find a great sense of being supported and definitely not alone here.  The whole thing is quite surreal and i agree totally overwhelming! But, like the rest of us - you will survive! Hope all goes well with your surgery. Check back in and let us know how you're doing.

    Janet