The year my life paused...
One week into the new year and I am diagnosed with breast cancer, huge shock; who me? cancer? no way.
Biopsy; CT scan; blood tests; bone scan - all within a couple of days; left masectomy within th...
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Hi Carol,
welcome but I'm sorry you've had to join us. I am 7 months post active treatment, diagnosed April 2014. Like you I struggled to tell people. Not because it worried me talking about it but having to deal with others reaction was overwhelming. People would cry and carry on and like you, I felt like all I was doing was consoling others. So for me personally, I asked my boss to tell my colleagues and I put a post on Facebook and let the grape vine do the rest. Bit of a cop out but it worked out well for me. Once I had surgery I also didn't know what to say. Technically the cancer was gone but I still had 6 months of chemo, 33 radiation treatments and 12 months of herceptin to go through. I didn't want to be a cancer patient, I didn't want to look like a cancer patient and I certainly didn't want to say I had breast cancer when it was gone. As time went on, my feelings changed and I proudly wore my bald head. I think it was an acceptance thing for me. You need to do what is right for you and what works today may not work tomorrow and you will change it. Take one day at a time, one appointment at a time and you will get through this. All the best. Karen xox