Newly Diagnosed
Hi, I was diagnosed in April with mets in bones. After three different cancer journeys with breast cancer over many years had a bilateral mastectomy 10 years ago. Now what? I am just at the beginning ...
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Hi @"Smiley Van Winkle",
What a cute name, well ,so here you are, welcome to our little corner of the breast cancer world, I was diagnosed 5 years ago yesterday with mets in my spine and liver, plus tumours in my left breast,chemo got rid of the tumours in my left breast, but have been on treatment in one form or another since then,currently on Xeloda and have been for 2 years, unfortunately as I have already had chemo I am not able to get on the combo you are, although hopefully in the future the rules will change.So, life has changed dramatically for you, and I can only imagine what a shock it was to receive this after 10 years,
where to from here? well, after picking your self up and dusting your self off, a new life begins, just as you said, plod on,you dont mention if you are still working or are retired, well either way, take care of your self, take time out to do what you want to, life really is good, I make small achievable goals for myself and just enjoy being in the moment, life is a bit slower these days, but thats okay, I have a wonderful partner and as we are retired we dont have to rush about, I take time out for a massage, coffee with friends or just simply sitting in the sunshine, if you are interested there are a series of videos on the bcna website about women living with metastatic breast cancer, different ages and different perspectives, you might like to have a look, also there is a hope and hurdles pack you can get from bcna as well,would love to hear from you as you walk along our path,
wendy55
What a cute name, well ,so here you are, welcome to our little corner of the breast cancer world, I was diagnosed 5 years ago yesterday with mets in my spine and liver, plus tumours in my left breast,chemo got rid of the tumours in my left breast, but have been on treatment in one form or another since then,currently on Xeloda and have been for 2 years, unfortunately as I have already had chemo I am not able to get on the combo you are, although hopefully in the future the rules will change.So, life has changed dramatically for you, and I can only imagine what a shock it was to receive this after 10 years,
where to from here? well, after picking your self up and dusting your self off, a new life begins, just as you said, plod on,you dont mention if you are still working or are retired, well either way, take care of your self, take time out to do what you want to, life really is good, I make small achievable goals for myself and just enjoy being in the moment, life is a bit slower these days, but thats okay, I have a wonderful partner and as we are retired we dont have to rush about, I take time out for a massage, coffee with friends or just simply sitting in the sunshine, if you are interested there are a series of videos on the bcna website about women living with metastatic breast cancer, different ages and different perspectives, you might like to have a look, also there is a hope and hurdles pack you can get from bcna as well,would love to hear from you as you walk along our path,
wendy55