Step 3 (part 2)
The problem with compartmentalising this "adventure" is that your aren't really prepared for the bumps along the way.
After a relatively short wait, my surgeon called me today with pathology resul...
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Bugger.
I'm in the same club as you. The "yay! I caught it early. Oh wait I didn't" club. Are you going to do chemo first or mastectomy? I did chemo first (just finished) and will be getting mastectomy (hopefully for xmas. I find out next week).
the positives (out of this hell) are: at least you will know you did everything possible to fight the disease (the mastectomy, the clearance and the chemo). in some ways it is easier not having choices. Having young kids makes it easier in some ways too (im clutching at straws here) because they give you resolve to fight this thing.
my daughter is 11 and has reacted really well so far. I've told her I'm not going to die, and I'm bloody not, I've decided.
I did get a wig so I wouldn't embarrass her at school pick up, but I have rarely worn it. I mostly wear a sun hat or scarf.
Im so sorry. It's quite unbelievable isn't it?