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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...
Hi All,
Regarding fears related to BC diagnosis, treatment and related health risks, I've just been reading an article which may interest you.
Breast Cancer Survivorship: a comprehensive review of long-term medical issues and lifestyle recommendations
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4403581/
My poor mum was diagnosed in the mid 1980s, in her early 50s. She suffered for years with lymphedema. She had two recurrences after 10 years and passed away in 2001. With no support group, no internet and only her GP to talk to, it must have been a lonely 'journey'. She never spoke much about it with us, her adult children. I think it was just too hard, too sad, and I guess she didn't want to burden us.
In what must be in some ways a reaction to my mum's experience and because the world has opened up via the internet and it's now OK to question/query medical opinions (and we have more choices), I have gone the complete opposite way. I talk openly with my adult son. He does his own research. I do my own reading and research...what I'm getting at is that I want to know and understand BC and the big picture as much as I can. That way, at least I can do my best to stay well or recognise telltale sysmptoms early.
Regarding fears related to BC diagnosis, treatment and related health risks, I've just been reading an article which may interest you.
Breast Cancer Survivorship: a comprehensive review of long-term medical issues and lifestyle recommendations
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4403581/
My poor mum was diagnosed in the mid 1980s, in her early 50s. She suffered for years with lymphedema. She had two recurrences after 10 years and passed away in 2001. With no support group, no internet and only her GP to talk to, it must have been a lonely 'journey'. She never spoke much about it with us, her adult children. I think it was just too hard, too sad, and I guess she didn't want to burden us.
In what must be in some ways a reaction to my mum's experience and because the world has opened up via the internet and it's now OK to question/query medical opinions (and we have more choices), I have gone the complete opposite way. I talk openly with my adult son. He does his own research. I do my own reading and research...what I'm getting at is that I want to know and understand BC and the big picture as much as I can. That way, at least I can do my best to stay well or recognise telltale sysmptoms early.