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How to keep going
Hello. This is my first post after getting up the courage to do so. I was diagnosed 18 months ago with grade 3 micropapillary breast cancer, 1.5cm tumour with a micromet in the sentinel node but no fu...
Hi Maree,
I was diagnosed 3 years ago and around the same time my kids-then aged 14,16,18 began to have mental health issues. It was really hard as none of them helped me with home tasks etc during my chemo period and the 5 operations that I have now had.(sometimes being quite openly nasty) . Instead I spent many hours driving around to psychiatric appointments for them. This is still ongoing now. This has affected their HSC years and their future choices.
I can't say for sure that it was a result of my diagnosis, but it was around the same time.
I don't feel that I have depression but I see a psychologist regularly at the new Lifehouse at RPA hospital Sydney. This has been really helpful in helping me to deal with the stresses that my own condition and handling the children's issues.
Hope you can find someone to help you through it too.
Julia