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Overwhelmed and lost
Hey everyone I'm Shannon, I just turned 28 and recently was diagnosed with breast cancer. I lost my mother to cancer when I was 17 after a 7 year battle that started as breat cancer. So everything about this diagnosis has truly shaken me. Our family does carry the bracca 1 mutation. I was diagnosed when I first noticed my nipple changing and was very suspicious. That's when I found the lump. Everything since then had been full throttle and I don't feel like I'm dealing with any of it. From finding the lump it went to gp exam a week later, rushed for an ultrasound that day, to my results appointment 4 days later where I was greated by a very frantic doctor telling me I have two malignant tumours that must be removed immediately. The next 10 minutes was my doctor on the phone to the breast surgeon in my area demanding I am seen immediately, followed by him telling me I must demand a double mastectomy and refuse to back down. That was a little over a week ago and today I received a letter of my surgery consultantion on Monday. I feel so overwhelmed by everything. I feel like I have no idea what's actually going on or how to process any of this when I don't even have any information. I'm trying to prepare a list of questions to ask my surgeon on Monday but I don't even know what I need to ask? Google is proving horrifying when trying to find information about all of this so I thought maybe this would be a good place to start. I know I'm truly not alone in this but it's so hard no to feel that way right now which I guess is fairly common. So I'm wondering, does anyone have any advice? Advice on anything really. How to prepare, what to expect, how to start processing this. I don't even know what's in store after surgery. Do they run test? Will there be more treatments? I really just feel so lost and confused about everything that's going on and would really appreciate some words of wisdom from some lovely souls who know what I'm feeling right now.
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