hi there, got diagnosed today at my first appointment with two tumours in my left breast. now waiting for biopsy results to find out what treatment i can look forward to. i don’t have a partner and no really close friends. my youngest child is 5, and i have 2 others aged 16 and 19. i have no idea how i’m going to get through the next 13 days waiting for results without exploding. i’m terrified and oddly calm all at the same time. any one elses life turned upside down today as well?
Hi there herbidacious1
Firstly, welcome to the discussion forums, I’m sure you’ll find lots of support and information here.
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Louise
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Hi Herb, sorry to hear your news. I was also diagnosed yesterday (6 Oct) shell shocked as I thought I had mastitus or cysts. Have a large tumour in my right breast, they want to shrink it with chemo before full mastectomy in 6 months, then rads, then reconstruction. What a nightmare, I am also strangely calm, think I had braced myself for bad news during the week of waiting for biopsy results. I don’t feel at all pink and fluffy right now I feel like an alien has taken over my body :o(
Daysie
Hi daysie, hope ur feeling better today, my head is all over the place , just been looking for tea bags in the fridge! I’m usually such a control freak and hate losing that feeling of order. Am with U on the aliens have taken over my body thing. Am obsessed with the thought of it spreading, any idea when they check this out?
Hello ladies
I was dx on 6th October 2006!!
5 years ago seeing this anniversary seemed like a dream but I am here and,fingers crossed,well.You can do it-I had op,chemo,rads and felt awful a lot of the time for about 8 months but today I feel better than I did before my dx.
Sorry you have to join us but you will find a lot of support here.
Valx
Hi Herb, are you waiting for your biopsy results? they usually take about a week. Did they say your tumours are definately cancer? They told me it was cancer and my type of treatment at the same time. I’ve got a pre-op assessment next week before they remove my sentinal lymph node for biopsy. I guess they will decide on what chemo i will be having after that. My boob has got so big and tight that it feels like the alien is going to burst out! The breast care nurse said when I start chemo the breast will start to go soft again as the tumour reduces. All this waiting is doing my head in…I can’t think straight, I sent a friend 2 birthday cards lol - I can’t focus on routine - I always like to plan ahead but now I can’t even think of holidays etc. I feel calm but dazed it all seems so surreal and unfair.
Daysie x
Scan man told me if had no doubt I had 2 cancers in my left breast so they took biopsies there and then. Have to go back on 19 th for a treatment plan based on Wat sort of tumor it is. They also took biopsie of my lymph node as I know it’s swollen. This is Wat’s freaking me out - wat if it’s spread, am sitting here with my 5 year old fearing worst. Do u Have a start date for treatment x