Bandkh90
12 years agoMember
New diagnosis
Today, I have received my diagnosis of Stage 1 Breast Cancer. This has followed a long, ongoing investigation into a blood test which showed raised Tumour markers CA19.9 which is associated with the...
Welcome to this network, it's a stressful time for you. Stage 1 means it is early stages and that's a good thing. Breast cancer nurses are wonderful, I found them very helpful. If you order the 'My Journery Kit' from this website, it has a wonderful booklet and diary in it and lots of other information. I found this book provided useful explanations and helped me with the terminology used by doctors. The diary was good for keeping the endless appointments under control. This network has been invaluable to me and Robyn is right, there is always someone on here to help. We all handle things differently, it's very hard to do but try to take one day at a time, looking down the track can be more stressful, I wish you well and stay in touch, take care,
Hazel xx