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26 and freaking.
Hey ladies. About three years ago I found a lump in my right breast. Had an ultrasound and it came back as a fibroademona and no one was concerned. I’ve had it scanned yearly since and just last week got the okay to move to two yearly + scans. A few days ago I was in the bathroom and when drying my hair I noticed an indent…
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Surgery
I was diagnosed with IDC in March and I am scheduled for a wide excision next week. I’m absolutely terrified about the surgery and anaesthetic. Not sure how to deal with this overwhelming anxiety.
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Sewing... does anyone sew?
i tried to sew today lol it is supposed to be downtime..... tomorrow is the first meeting with the oncologist. I am trying to deal with the nerves. I did did however make the second of a bralette. Organic cotton from spotlight. Totally flat... no shape to the cups at all in fact no cups but it will stop my shirts from…
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Painful mammogram and now recall for suspicious lump
Hi there, I'm not sure where to put this as I haven't as yet been diagnosed, but I'm terribly anxious and feeling very alone. I had a mammogram a week ago and still feeling very painful from it. Tingling in breasts and feeling hot in the chest. After I had it I did a bit more reading up and feel like I should have just…
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Bragging
Am I allowed to get excited about an achievement on here? I know this may sound silly, but today I completed some horrible paperwork I have been putting off AND I am not stressed AND I did not hit panic stations. I did it! I feel so good. Unfortunately the numbers didn’t crunch out the way they needed to, but I am okay…
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New and so confused
I am Grade 2, sentinel lymph node free, deciding if the 4 or 5% difference of having Chemo or going straight into radiation and onto tablets and with the added severe family history of kidney and heart disease. So confused ‘do I do Chemo or not’ I know it’s my decision but would like to know if other women have same or…
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Not doing so well tonight
I had my breast reduction local wide excision with 3 nodes removed yesterday. My partner did not offer to come in, so he went to work and I did it on my own. I was a bit disappointed that he did not offer, but as he lost his wife to metastatic melanoma I do understand that this is confronting for him. He came in to visit…
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First mamogram ever
After losing my husband 19 months ago to stomach cancer (55) after only a 10 month diagnosis , I was defiantly going to go and have my 50 year old mammogram . Low and behold , I was diagnosed with stage 1 breast cancer , no lump , nothing . Couldn’t believe it . I just couldn’t believe I was going to have to put my kids…
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treatment starting
one more day until treatment starts and im not coping very well please help
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De Novo Metastatic with new progression - first post
Hi there, I am completely new to the discussion boards (first post) and trying to stay positive. I was wanting to reach out to others who might understand what I am going through. I was diagnosed de novo metastatic on 04/07/2018. Originally it was a single spot to my spine (L2) then a few weeks ago I found out there were…
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Blessed breast!
I am sitting here feeling like a breast cancer fraud. No pain, very little fuss, and it looks like no chemo. Whaaaat? I hear you say, but it's true. I have a blessed breast! I had a tiny little cancer, 9.6mm. It was HER2 negative, oestrogen positive. So I'll have to have radio therapy, in about 6 weeks, and some hormone…
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Help, i don't know how to handle the sadness thats coming.
i have to see a very special doctor of my care team tomorrow for an appointment, and it’s the first time I will be seeing her after I heard she has recently been through breast cancer herself. Im terrified. I am so scared of how emotional it might be. I don’t know what I’ll say to her. I feel like a total selfish idiot for…
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Newly Diagnosed and overwhelmed
I have my treatment plan in place and im full of anxiety over it, i no so far its contained and it hasnt spread to organs, going for bone scan this week, mri and to have a clip put in. Petrified of Chemotherapy and how it will effect me. If anyone could calm my nerves i would love to chat
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The Funny Things
I thought we should have a thread about things that are so absurd about survivorship they shoot right beyond being depressing and just make us laugh, and of course for the things that are just FUNNY. It might be something legitimately hilarious, maybe something upsetting that you've started laughing at for one reason or…