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Newly diagnosed - Just need some positivity and hope
Hi Everyone. This is my first post. I am trying to navigate this network, because I know I need help. I was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer only 5 days ago. I have many tests coming up, an...
Hi @Jacqui64. I love that you went for a 7km walk! That's the kind of thing I do.
I am not in your position but from this forum I know that some people live with Stage 4 for a very long time. You could just about say indefinitely for some.
You'll know from last time that this great shock will pass. Yes, there'll be treatments but what else? Make some plans, make some memories. What would you like to do? Book it, make it, plan it, trek it, throw it (party or ball!), paint it, breathe it. You are not your cancer. You will always be more than your illness.
It's truly f****d Jacqui so you bloody get to cry as much as you want. I'm sending you the biggest of hugs. One of those long enveloping ones that releases oxytocin and ends up with us giggling as you've snotted on my shoulder and I've cracked a lame joke about it. Hang in there lovely, hang in there. K xox
I am not in your position but from this forum I know that some people live with Stage 4 for a very long time. You could just about say indefinitely for some.
You'll know from last time that this great shock will pass. Yes, there'll be treatments but what else? Make some plans, make some memories. What would you like to do? Book it, make it, plan it, trek it, throw it (party or ball!), paint it, breathe it. You are not your cancer. You will always be more than your illness.
It's truly f****d Jacqui so you bloody get to cry as much as you want. I'm sending you the biggest of hugs. One of those long enveloping ones that releases oxytocin and ends up with us giggling as you've snotted on my shoulder and I've cracked a lame joke about it. Hang in there lovely, hang in there. K xox