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 Thinking of you , hope all goes well. Debbie

I have just had my partial mastectomy, I got an even bigger shock to find I have to go down the Chemo road - this last couple of months have been doing my head in.  Tomorrow we are off to a large regional hospital for the bones scans etc....big breath!

I have just had my partial mastectomy, I got an even bigger shock to find I have to go down the Chemo road - this last couple of months have been doing my head in.  Tomorrow we are off to a large regional hospital for the bones scans etc....big breath!

 Just wanted to say thank you to everybody for your support. Had a  bad day today not feeling well.

Sorry you have to join the club, but all these lovely ladies are or have been in a similar situation to you & have been a real help to me in my journey. Take their advise & keep thinking positive thoughts.

Wendy

Sorry you have to join the club, but all these lovely ladies are or have been in a similar situation to you & have been a real help to me in my journey. Take their advise & keep thinking positive thoughts.

Wendy

Hi Debbie

I don't have anything extra to add to what has been said. I know what you are going through. I had a mastectomy last July followed by chemo and radiation. At the time it was a bit sureal but now it seems a long time ago and am getting ready to go back to work in a few weeks.

Just to let you know I am thinking of you and good luck on Thursday.

Sarah x

I second what Tonya said about taking someone with you - I got myself a little notebook and would write questions in the middle of the night and then my husband was scribe during the meetings with the surgeon and also make sure we asked all of those questions that we both had come up and I'd written down.  I too found distraction a good thing.  Thinking of you.

Hi Debbie,  it is stage IIIC mainly due to the amount of lymph nodes that were cancerous 12+/20. It was in more than one spot, some invasive & other parts dcis. My grade was 1(low).

Loretta xx

Hi Debbie

That initial diagnosis is such a shock and we all deal with it so differently.  I was told at the radiologist when I had gone for a mammogram to look at a lump my GP though was fibrous - I dropped my son to kinder, went for a mammogram and by that night was in a breast surgeon's office discussing surgery and testing to see if the cancer was elsewhere in my body!  That was only 2 1/2 weeks ago and already seems like a lifetime ago.  I have had a mastectomy, axilla clearance and am booked to start chemo on 2 weeks.  I have lost weight but I am sleeping and eating a little again.  Different things become positives - it's not anywhere else, there is a treatment, outcomes are so good now, we caught it early by chance etc...  I wandered around numb for days - please be kind to yourself.  I hope the medication is helping. I too started to feel pain in my armpit in the days before my mammogram - I think this is normal if you have some lymph node involvement.  I really feel for you - this network is a wonderful place to vent and find information.  There are so many wonderful women here to support you. 

Amanda