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Hello. My name is Jenny and I live on the NSW/Vic Border. I have gone to post in here a couple of times but backed out. Denial maybe? On Wednesday I was officially given the diagnosis of BC. I hav...
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Hi @taboogal, I went through the waiting not that long ago and the denial, and I am still in denial now, the amount of information that gets thrown at you is mind boggling.
I had my operation on the 2nd May 2018 to remove both my breasts and all my lymph nodes in one arm. I found out after the operation it had spread t more lymph nodes and my liver.
The operation for me went smoothly, the worst part for me was the drains, restriction of movement and as I had never had an operation before kind of freaked me out, thankfully my sister came home with me as I live alone.
As some others people mentioned, i found keeping a folder with all my results and having a pad and pen in there to write down questions very useful. Definitely take charge of your treatment and decisions - be informed.
I have listened to podcasts, BBC - The Big C, read books from the Library - The Cancer Whisperer is a great inspirational read and has some amazing thoughts in there on life and cancer in general - a thing from that book that stuck with me was one of her Doctors saying to her "Don't become a patient"
Hope it all goes well with you, I spent my Uni years down at Albury/Thurgoona, loved the Beechworth Bakery, it was my special trip if I did well at Uni lol
Sending you warm hugs, sunshine and light xxxxx
I had my operation on the 2nd May 2018 to remove both my breasts and all my lymph nodes in one arm. I found out after the operation it had spread t more lymph nodes and my liver.
The operation for me went smoothly, the worst part for me was the drains, restriction of movement and as I had never had an operation before kind of freaked me out, thankfully my sister came home with me as I live alone.
As some others people mentioned, i found keeping a folder with all my results and having a pad and pen in there to write down questions very useful. Definitely take charge of your treatment and decisions - be informed.
I have listened to podcasts, BBC - The Big C, read books from the Library - The Cancer Whisperer is a great inspirational read and has some amazing thoughts in there on life and cancer in general - a thing from that book that stuck with me was one of her Doctors saying to her "Don't become a patient"
Hope it all goes well with you, I spent my Uni years down at Albury/Thurgoona, loved the Beechworth Bakery, it was my special trip if I did well at Uni lol
Sending you warm hugs, sunshine and light xxxxx