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Living in fear !
Hello everyone new to all this as I thought I could cope on my own .. rookie mistake ! I was diagnosed July last year early stage breast cancer. I had Radiation and just got on with life I felt bl...
Feel free to vent or put up anything that you like here, @Maudelicious - cos we all 'get it', cos we've all been thru it.
Sadly, many friends/family think that once you are over your 'active treatment' - that you are just FINE! I don't believe that it is malicious - they just don't know any better! :( They don't realise that the anniversaries and yearly scans/mammograms bring it all back. I've had 2 callbacks since my surgery in Jan 2018 ..... and both times, I was almost soiling my pants with worry - but the family (siblings) didn't have a clue how to react! :(
Sadly, many friends/family think that once you are over your 'active treatment' - that you are just FINE! I don't believe that it is malicious - they just don't know any better! :( They don't realise that the anniversaries and yearly scans/mammograms bring it all back. I've had 2 callbacks since my surgery in Jan 2018 ..... and both times, I was almost soiling my pants with worry - but the family (siblings) didn't have a clue how to react! :(