3rd time - not so lucky .....
In 2003, I was diagnosed with breast cancer in my right breast. Lumpectomy (removal of lymph nodes which showed 6/15 were cancerous), followed by partial mastectomy due to non-clear margins (I did rai...
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Dear Sheryl and other ladies
I could only begin to imagine the terror, fear, shock etc of discovering it after your mum and earlier Diagnosis.
i won't repeat my long hx (diagnosed upfront feb this yr - well 1 wk after st 2)....bc I've done Lo g post under Karen's 'cancer is part of me'
a brilliant bk I'm reading is 'the reality slap' - dr Russ Harris - very pragmatic about 'acceptance' - witihout sounding glib it does help with processing our situation (despite us all being diff ages, treatment regimes etc)
like you Sheryl, my children are relatively young - 10 & 8, son is now 11 & daughter 9 - AND I'm single....
thats been hard in evenings - questioning everything including "plans".....
but the children know & ustand that the focus is on living WITH cancer...
still WIP
its riddled thru all my bones so am trying to keep up exercise which helps - defiance if nothing else!
oh and I did go skiing in Aug - it was like 'God - you may give me cancer - but I can still ski (if took me a wk+ to recover!
So in the scheme of things I'm going ok apart from feeling lethargic & overwhelmed with fatigue on some days.
i absolutely love reading all the posts and to connect.
best wishes, Elaine
I could only begin to imagine the terror, fear, shock etc of discovering it after your mum and earlier Diagnosis.
i won't repeat my long hx (diagnosed upfront feb this yr - well 1 wk after st 2)....bc I've done Lo g post under Karen's 'cancer is part of me'
a brilliant bk I'm reading is 'the reality slap' - dr Russ Harris - very pragmatic about 'acceptance' - witihout sounding glib it does help with processing our situation (despite us all being diff ages, treatment regimes etc)
like you Sheryl, my children are relatively young - 10 & 8, son is now 11 & daughter 9 - AND I'm single....
thats been hard in evenings - questioning everything including "plans".....
but the children know & ustand that the focus is on living WITH cancer...
still WIP
its riddled thru all my bones so am trying to keep up exercise which helps - defiance if nothing else!
oh and I did go skiing in Aug - it was like 'God - you may give me cancer - but I can still ski (if took me a wk+ to recover!
So in the scheme of things I'm going ok apart from feeling lethargic & overwhelmed with fatigue on some days.
i absolutely love reading all the posts and to connect.
best wishes, Elaine