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It is sucky to get breast cancer at any age and there are a LOT of women younger than me with it. We have just statrted a yonger womens coffee club friendship goup here, so that we can get together and talk about the added things that can go with getting BC at a younger age - like going into  menopause,if having chemo, those that are looking after little kiddies and the like (I don't have kids, so that is not soemthing I have to worry about).

How are you and your kids coping with your diagnosis?

Good Luck with the Cancer nurse tomorrow, and make sure you ask about your bra and fluffy duck -at the least for the fluffy duck (soft hoovy doovy, that makes it look like you have a boobie ?). Make sure you get ALL of your questions answered by her and/or the surgeon tomorrow, and don't worry if you have 15 pages of questions it is your right to get them all answered to your liking, if they fluff over it or you don't understand the answer or your want to know more - ask for it - they sometimes forget we aren't medical people and that we are scared/ anxious.

Do you have someone coming with you - hubby, child, friend, family member etc? as this can help, because we sometimes get overwhelmed and blank out when told things, having another set of ear can really help -

My hubby (defacto partner of 16 years, and fiance of 18 months- actually) comes with me to ALL of my medical appointments (except chemo, as there isn't anything he can do there, and the chairs there kill his back (he broke it snowboarding about 10 years ago) and if he sits there for about 30 mins he can't walk for the rest of the day, so he drops me off and picks me up) - he is a little overprotective and wont let me drive (which is sort of a good idea really as I suffer quite badly from chemo fatigue, and have some muscle issues from my implant, making my chest muscles weak (and my right arm doesn't work properly due to a work accident 16 yrs ago)), but he comes to every other appointment - medical oncologists once every 3 weeks (due to chemo), radiation oncologist (not having radiation), chemo education, ct scans, bone scans, heart scans, and so on and so forth. And when I get overwhelmed or don't remember things I have his ears to go back on as well (this has been VERY handy at times) I also know people who take a tape recorder and tape their appointments so they can listen to them again later if they need to.

Where abouts are you? I am in Canberra, but there are women from all over Oz and the world on here.

I really hope your news tomorrow and pathology results are great and that you don't need any further treatment, that youare now cancer free, BUT if you do need further treatmetn, know that it is doable and in most cases not as bad as the horry stories we have all heard about chemotherapy, radiation therapy (hormone therapy, targeted therapy etc etc

Good Luck tomorrow