hi was just wandering if there is anyone in the leeds / bradfod area that would like to meet up for chat and coffee sometimes , i get lonely now i am not working and need to start getting out and would love some new friends and some company 
i have secondary BC 2 years now but strangely feeling fitter and more able to face the world , so if anyone else out there is lonely and wants to get together please let me know (( hugs )) will check in , in a day or two keep safe and take care x
Hi Tina
I am bumping this up in case some have missed it
Just an update of the further support BCC can offer you via this link too including our āLiving with secondary breast cancerā courses which are also held in Leeds, I hope you find this helpful:
Take care
Lucy
thank you lucy , for the information , i keep looking but dont seem to find any where i can go to meet up with people , there is an evening group in bradford once every 3rd week but evenings arnt good for me cause this is when i am at my tiredest and find meeting new people then
Hi Tina, I know what you mean about it getting lonely - Iām just primary breast cancer and Iām in Holmfirth, so not that close to you, but near enough but I wondered if youād looked at the Haven in Leeds? I cant say enough about them - theyāre really great.
My treatment plan has been incredibly isolating - Iāve kind of fallen through the system when I had my second batch of surgery and was diverted to a different hospital and no longer have a BCC nurse and my husband has more chance of falling pregnant than I have of my oncologist getting back to me, but Iām muddling along, and have finally started my radiation at Jimmys.
The Haven have been great - really supportive, and they have get togethers for younger women and also offer all kinds of therapies on offer from mindful meditation to yoga and a whole bunch more - they make you feel as if you actually are a normal person and not just an inconvenienceā¦ Theyāve made this a lot more bearable, so why not give them a call - and i might well see you thereā¦
hi deborah ,
thank you for replying , i believe holmfirth is near huddersfield if i am not mistaken , i used to work in huddersfield over near lindly
i have actually just been in touch with the haven and have an appointment to go and speak to someone next week about what is on offer , it does seem really good , just taken me a while to get the courage to start going out again i found a lot off my friends dont know what to say so they dont say anything , its like caner can be caught , i do understand it is hard for them to come to terms with my cancer not being curable but now is when i could really do with friends .
do i count at the age off 48 as younger women lol but anyway i hope i will get to meet a few people while i am there xx
good luck with all your treaments i hope everything is going well take care and once again thank you
Hi Tina I live near Selby but am in leeds often as my daughter lives there. Whereabouts are you in leeds? Did u just phone the haven? I attend York hospital for treatmentā¦but leeds is about equal distance.
Hi everyone,
iām from Highburton near Huddersfield, just over the hill from you Deborah. I think I might have seen you once at Jimmys when I was having rads March/April, I usually had morning appts but a couple of times went in the afternoon, I think YuouTube might have been there then. Iā m only a primary girl but would welcome meeting for a coffee and a ānatterā. Had my surgery at Halifax and am now on the Breast Cancer Care/ NHS 4week Moving Forward course.
best wishes to you all, Pat x
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