Good morning to all who are on-line, Paris Hilton can have her B.F.F. cause I have my very own B.B.B. Best Bosom Buddy, she lives in my area and we spoke yesterday. Glad I did cause she gave me some great tips for surgery. Speaking of which "B" day......get it......not "D" day, is on 15 feb and I still dont feel worried. Is this normal and will it all hit me at one time then I will fall to pieces. I just keep telling myself how lucky I am, at least I have a roof over my head and a lovely bed to sleep in, unlike all the unfortunate people who have lost everything in the floods and cyclones. So if you can find time and let me know how you went before surgery that would be great. It has all happened so quick. Not even two weeks ago I was diagnosed now next week in hospital. best regards julianne

welcome to our world :) bit of a rollercoaster at times..but lots of support and advice here. My surgery happened within 4 weeks of mammogram (and a bit longer as it was over dec/jan which slows down the process a little with xmas looming) and all i wanted to do was get it done and start chemo, then i would know that this little nasty was at least being attacked back!!! I felt like "how dare u invade my body!". .i didn't feel too worried either (not sure if that is a coping mechanism or not) as we had a plan..and we never for a moment thought the plan would not work..and so far it is working (even with secondary issues) I am feeling well right now but needed some 'head space' counselling and support throughout my chemo days..so don't be suprised if one day it does hit u...just know that there is help out there for those issues, just as much as for the physical body..u only have to ask-if you have a breast care nurse they can sort a lot of these things out for you.. good luck with your surgery and follow up treatment...hope to see u back here soon Sam :)

Hi, Welcome to our world as Sam said above. I was very calm prior to my mastectomy and axillary clearance. I think because i felt very confident in my surgeon and breast care nurse. I just wasnted it off and it couldnt happen quick enough. I only had to wait two weeks after diagnoses for the surgery. I am half way through chemo and just lost a good friend and work mate to cancer last saturday (we were diagnosed at the same time from the same office..spooky hey). I am only now just starting to feel the effects and mentally things are catching up with me. His death has knocked me for six. I felt I was under control of this cancer until about 2 weeks ago. But I am getting counselling and lots of support from hubby family and friends/workmates. I works differently with everyone i expect. We all handle grief in different ways. I wish you all the best for your surgery on Tuesday and hope all goes well for you. Let us know how you get on when you're well enough. {{{HUGS}} Chrissy D :) xxxoxoxo

hi Gwen, welcome to our group of don't want to be here's, but glad we have got it. sorry to hear about your diagnosis, hopefully you will get through your journey feeling as you do now. we are all going through or have been through the ups and downs of bc, this is where this site comes in, because we are all so different, we can help each other in different ways. there is a great bunch of women on here who you can laugh, cry or chat, and gets lots of information and support, so good luck with your treatment, and please keep comming back, we say on here by helping yourself, you can help others. Good Luck Moira. Have you got your "my journey kit from here", its free and has lots of info in a language we can all understand, ajournal to keep appt dates etc, and a cd for family and friends. (invaluable)

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Christine_Denni
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15 years ago
Hi,

Welcome to our world as Sam said above. I was very calm prior to my mastectomy and axillary clearance. I think because i felt very confident in my surgeon and breast care nurse. I just wasnted it off and it couldnt happen quick enough. I only had to wait two weeks after diagnoses for the surgery. I am half way through chemo and just lost a good friend and work mate to cancer last saturday (we were diagnosed at the same time from the same office..spooky hey). I am only now just starting to feel the effects and mentally things are catching up with me. His death has knocked me for six. I felt I was under control of this cancer until about 2 weeks ago. But I am getting counselling and lots of support from hubby family and friends/workmates. I works differently with everyone i expect. We all handle grief in different ways.

I wish you all the best for your surgery on Tuesday and hope all goes well for you. Let us know how you get on when you're well enough.

{{{HUGS}}

Chrissy D :) xxxoxoxo
Samantha_Cunnin
Member
15 years ago
welcome to our world :) bit of a rollercoaster at times..but lots of support and advice here.

My surgery happened within 4 weeks of mammogram (and a bit longer as it was over dec/jan which slows down the process a little with xmas looming) and all i wanted to do was get it done and start chemo, then i would know that this little nasty was at least being attacked back!!! I felt like "how dare u invade my body!".

.i didn't feel too worried either (not sure if that is a coping mechanism or not) as we had a plan..and we never for a moment thought the plan would not work..and so far it is working (even with secondary issues) I am feeling well right now but needed some 'head space' counselling and support throughout my chemo days..so don't be suprised if one day it does hit u...just know that there is help out there for those issues, just as much as for the physical body..u only have to ask-if you have a breast care nurse they can sort a lot of these things out for you..

good luck with your surgery and follow up treatment...hope to see u back here soon

Sam :)

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