Feeling let down by friends
Did/is anyone else struggling to deal with friends and/or your partner who weren't there for you in the way you expected them to be when you were going through treatment? Im having trouble not feeling hurt and so alone in the hardest phase of my life. Im also internalising (not sure if thats the right way to put it) a lot of anger towards these “friends” that it is having a very negative effect on me, but i just cant move past it. Particularly because i know i was there for many of them during their hard times.
Another box ticked.
So, another box can be ticked off, this morning I attended the Year 12 Graduation of my grand-daughter, I was with her on her first day of school and today I was with her on her last day of school, When I was diagnosed 5 and a half years ago with metastatic breast cancer, there were several goals I had in mind and this was one of them, to sit there and see her walk(a bit slowly because of her accident) and receive her Year 12 Certificate is one of the proudest moments of my life, she has received an exemption on the last of her assignments due to her accident two weeks ago,to see this beautiful confident young woman and know that soon she will start the next part of her life was a joy,(I am a bit biased) - and so life goes on. wendy55
Is seeing a band at Rod Laver Arena even a Possibility?
Before my diagnosis in early Jan we bought tickets to see Twenty One Pilots at Rod Laver in late March. We now know that the concert is on the Friday night at the end of my 4th chemo week, with chemo usually on a Monday. I've been having the AC chemo, 3 weeks apart, and I think I'm traveling pretty well. Brain fog, tiredness, hair mostly gone and some skin issues (drying out and a bit irritated). Well otherwise, touch wood. My blood tests just before my 2nd chemo showed my leukocytes were low for my Friday blood test but were up enough by Monday to have my treatment. So, my question is, should I go? I will see how I feel after Monday (my next session), depending on my leukocyte count, and will talk to the oncologist about it but was wondering what others think.
Breastfeeding with cancer
My maternal grandmother had breast cancer at 46, paternal grandmother at 72 and mother at 56 so with a huge family history I had the gene testing when I turned 30. It came back normal for BRCA1 and BRCA2 and I was told I had just as must chance at getting breast cancer as the general population and was in no increased risked. So I went about living my life not giving it another thought. Had a baby Breast feed for 8 months And a few weeks after stopping breast feeding I discovered a large lump. I phoned breast screen Australia who told me they couldn't see me because I was under 40 and to see my GP, who reffered me to private mamograme, ultrasound and biopsies. Last Monday I received the devastating news that the biopsies came back grade 2, invasive ductal adnocarcinoma with metastic adnocarcinoma in my lympnodes. My first thoughts were, omg I breast feed and had breast cancer.... what danger have I put my daughter in?? Then anger that no one warned me this could happen. No one told me I could get BC so young. Im 36... 36?! Was I pregnant when it first started? Was how long had I breastfeed whilst having cancer??? My surgeon told me there is no danger to my daughter but of coarse I am still worried. I would love to hear more under 40 stories or anyone else who found out they had cancer shortly after breast feeding or young mum worring about their young family?