Me too! Thank you, its truly lovely to hear from people who have trod this path
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Excellent news @wildthingsare - I was 36 when diagnosed with invasive ductal BC with lymph node spread. Now 54 and my child at the time of diagnosis is a fully grown adult. Every good wish for your next steps 
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That is so lovely to hear thank you for sharing that. Grown up kids is an absolute dream, im so glad youre doing well and got through this x
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Hi, I am so sorry you are going through this. This was me in November, I’m 34 and I was 3 months postpartum with my second baby and my son was 2 years old when I was diagnosed with TNBC, two large tumours and lymph node involvement. As I was breastfeeding I was told I was non emergent for a Mammogram that I was trying desperately to get (major flaw in medicine against women). I completely empathise with your situation and although I don’t know you, I am heartbroken for you, but you will get through this.
FYI : I have completed 12 weekly chemos and 3/4 bi weekly ac chemo and immunotherapy throughout. I had sentinel node surgery a few weeks ago and although chemo was a horrendous experience for me, it did its job and I got good news that there was no more cancer in my lymph nodes so I no longer had to do a full auxiliary clearance which was a big win! The road to recovery is long, I’m actually finishing writing this two days post op in hospital from my mastectomy and DIEP flap reconstruction which I was terrified of doing, but now here I am.
I listened back to audio notes I made during chemo on the dark days and feeling all of those fears about not seeing my kids grow up and feeling like I would never not feel the deep sadness and fear that cancer brings and although I was so sad to hear myself and my thoughts and be brought back to that time it was a relief to listen and know that three months post chemo, I do not feel that way all the time now. Now don’t get me wrong, this has been the worst thing to ever happen to me and my family (I hope!!) and I absolutely have those thoughts and moments of utter disbelief/sadness that this is my actually my life but it is not all encompassing like it was during chemo. I just wanted you to know that you will be able to enjoy moments again, those intrusive thoughts do lessen as time goes on and the treatment works. I also did some counselling post chemo - pre ops and I went on medication for anxiety which I started once chemo ended as well - I was reluctant but I found it helped when I needed it most. It is incredibly difficult and you’ll need lots of support but the treatment works. There is hope and TNBC is brutal but it can also respond really quickly to treatment. Wishing you the very best x
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