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IS THIS A NIGHTMARE AND WILL I WAKE UP SOON LOL
3 weeks ago I was a 58 year old business woman working 2 jobs and looking forward to a holiday this weekend, since then I've been diagnosed with DCIS invasive breast cancer, had a lumpectomy one Friday, then got a call from my surgeon in the middle of my 59th birthday party to say we needed another op last Friday (a week…
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Plastic Surgeon today...was cool and calm...now petrified and teary...
Hi All!!! Well, I have to say I'm pretty upbeat considering :p generally....however being 11 months post chemo and constant appointments and feeling improved everyday. I have my Plastic Surgeon appointment this afternoon...and when I got up, I found myself fall into a puddle of tears, inconsolable. This is the end part of…
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Just need someone to talk to.....
Hello! Since my my diagnosis in Feb this year I have read through online discussions but never had the confidence to join in. After being up all night looking up websites etc I have decided my time would be better spent seeking support rather than looking up scary statistics (I know! Everyone tells me to stop looking up…
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Three Years Today!
It's official. Three years ago today my husband and I sat in a small office at Breast Screen with a doctor we'd never met and a counsellor I'd seen twice before to receive the news that I had triple negative breast cancer. I was pretty sure before the appointment that I was going to receive a cancer diagnosis. I'd seen the…
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overwhelmed!!
Hi, I got diagnosed with Secondary breast cancer in my lungs 6 weeks ago (20 April ) After going through breast cancer in 2014 which resulted in a mastectomy and 12 months of chemo....then got hit with the news that it has spread to my lungs.... since then I have had my port put back in and two chemo sessions. I am feeling…
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I feel like a fraud...
I was diagnosed on Friday with an Invasive Ductal Carcinoma in my right breast. I am in shock. It is small and they have found it early which is all positive. But why do I feel so bad and scared. I feel like I am being told that it is small, it will be dealt with quickly, most women survive, I've got nothing to worry…
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The new normal
This is my first post. My name is Heli. I was diagnosed with metastatic disease 4 years ago and have been living very well until earlier this year. I started chemotherapy in June, had major side effects and stopped the treatment but am still very unwell 3 months on. The Drs describe my condition as extreme fatigue, I was…
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advanced breast cancer - could have been caught early
Hello I was diagnosed with advanced breast cancer to the liver and hip (non weight baring on right leg) in April. I am ER/PR+ HER2 + and was given a prognosis of 2 years to live. I have two kids aged 11 and 13. Three years ago I had a mamogram and ultrasound which shows that there was a tumour in the same location as the…
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Testing 1,2,3
This is just a test run to see if I'm able to post cos up until now, when I hit the pink post tab,it takes me straight back to all posts.But while I'm here,may as well post that I have my mammo tomorrow -5yrs on,or 12yrs if you count the first bout of bc.I'm not anxious now but my pulse might speed up abit when my boob…
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Searching for the positives
The past week or so has been a challenge to staying connected on here. I guess part of the frustration has been that feeling of helplessness that we all know so well from our dealings with Breast Cancer. It was not possible, no matter how hard we tried, to 'fix this'. We had to just trust that those who could, would…