Hello
This enquiry is addressed to anyone with a primary diagnosis who is within 2 years of their diagnosis.
Have any of you attended any BCC days or information sessions which you have found to be helpful?
Please PM me if you can make any firm recommendations.
Thank.
Hie
Just to say I found the BCC support days very helpful whilst I was going through treatment. It gave me something to look forward to and an opprtunity to talk to other people who were going through the same thing. However after my treatment I did go to one, and i did not find it relevent, i felt it was going over experiences and procedures that i had already overcome and there was nothing new for me to gain from. However I did meet a group of amazing women at one of the retreat weekends. 2 years down the line we keep in touch by email, share our joys and sorrows with each other, support each other when we have wobbly days. I would not have had this support system if i had not been to a BCC support days/weekends.
I think you just have to be clear in your mind what it is you are hoping to gain from the support day, and how relevent it is to you presently. Good luck xxxxx
I find that once I have overcome certain issues I’ve had relating to all this I just want to keep moving on from them. I was in a meditation group for women who were post BC, but then a lady joined who wasn’t from the original group. She had been in a group of women who were diagnosed about a year or more after us and was very highly strung. It changed the dynamic from being about using meditation to alleviate stress into a self help group about checking for lumps etc. This wasn’t what I wanted so I left.I had been for counselling by that point and was finding things a lot easier to deal with, so I was worried if I remained in the group it was going to drag me back to the place I had emerged from. I suppose it’s just all about what’s right for you. Realistically, I felt the lady who joined the group should have been steered towards another type of group that would have been more suited to her needs at that point.
I know 2 other people who are in remission from cancer, but one has had a brain tumour and the other lung cancer. Personally, I don’t feel the need to be with other women who have had BC and I think it’s because I get the support I need, when I need it from the community here. Also, the self help type group thing is not for me as I don’t enjoy being in that type of discussion.
Hello Mouse
would you mind telling me about the retreat weekends? I haven’t heard about them and they sound very interesting
thanks, Monica x