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One Year since the diagnosis feeling strong and well
Hi, today it is exactly one year since my bc diagnosis and I am a little reflective. What a ride it had been. I still remember clearly the phone call and shock, terror, nervousness, sadness etc with t...
Totally agree with @Afraser
i was totally freaked out by the idea of radiotherapy ( not to mention mastectomy) but I asked my radiation oncologist “ what would you do if it was you” and she said she’d get it .
The urge to live is too strong for me not to have done it ( I was not suggested to have chemo).
The potential side effects of all the treatments are well documented but the alternative ( death) was not very palatable either.
No one said this stuff was easy.
i was totally freaked out by the idea of radiotherapy ( not to mention mastectomy) but I asked my radiation oncologist “ what would you do if it was you” and she said she’d get it .
The urge to live is too strong for me not to have done it ( I was not suggested to have chemo).
The potential side effects of all the treatments are well documented but the alternative ( death) was not very palatable either.
No one said this stuff was easy.