Hi all had a lumpectomy and lymph nodes out.
Clear margins and none in lymph nodes but score came back at 51 so need chemo.
Feel slightly out my depth until I have a plan has quite knocked me for six so to speak.
Where is best to read look ect
Reading all I can.
Hello @harris1,
Thank you for posting. It is quite normal to feel out of your depth and knocked for six when dealing with a diagnosis of breast cancer and facing treatment such as chemotherapy.
Gathering information is a good way of helping you feel informed and less overwhelmed but as you have found it can feel hard to know where to look.
As you are starting chemotherapy soon, we have a booklet all about chemotherapy which might be a good place to begin. All of our booklets are free to order or download, and you can look at the full list of what is available.
You have already discovered our forums but you might not be aware that we have a monthly thread for those starting chemotherapy. Here is the one for anyone starting chemotherapy in October and there will be another one for November if that is when you are starting treatment.
We know that the emotional impact of breast cancer can be tough for many women and we have some information on coping with emotion on our website. We also have an upcoming webinar on the emotional impact of breast cancer which you might like to register for. You can also register for any of our other webinars which interest you.
The Breast Cancer Support organisation Future Dreams have lots of helpful information on their website and they also run online events and workshops. Macmillan Cancer Support and Cancer Research UK are also reliable places to go for information.
If talking to someone who has been through similar would be helpful to you, you might want to look at our Someone Like Me service. They can match you with a trained volunteer who’s had a similar experience to you.
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