Hi girls
@katie91 I think your messages on here and positive attitude are inspiring 
. You always make me feel so much better when I read your messages.
I saw that you mentioned you are going to have chemotherapy. Im sorry to hear that but you and I know that it is for the best for the future and an insurance that it won’t come back. I have also heard that going through chemo with a positive mental attitude makes the whole thing a hell of a lot easier so you’ll smash it!
@louise1996 I’m sorry that you are here too but you will find lots of positivity and helpful advice. It can feel lonely and this forum makes you feel that you aren’t so alone especially as a younger woman with breast cancer. The breast care nurses are amazing too and will look after you and You should lean on them for anything you are worried about. The first couple of weeks are the toughest. I did the same as Katie and just kept as busy as I could with my two children. I have a 1 year old and almost 3 year old. I worked as normal and told just my close family. The shock of getting the news that you have cancer is something you’ll never be prepared for. But being as prepared as you can for everything that will come now is a good idea. Knowledge is power. And feel free to ask anything you want answers to.
So I thought the surgery was ok, the breast was not too painful but the armpit where they take lymph nodes was pretty painful for me. But I went back to work after 5 days (but I have an office job!) it took me 2/3 weeks to feel normal and recovered. I still have some numbness but the surgeon did the lumpectomy really well and it doesn’t actually look too different to the other normal boob. Maybe just a bit smaller.
After that I went back and got the results of the surgery and they said they got good margins and no lymph nodes involvement. The lump was 29mm. The oncotype test was a low score and showed that I wouldn’t benefit from chemotherapy. However I was as prepared as I could be for the chemo whilst waiting for that result. I was surprised it came back low if Im honest due to my age. I am now having radiotherapy at the end of February for 5 days and i have started taking tamoxifen (my cancer is hormone positive) which I was terrified of. I’m almost 4 weeks into taking that and it’s not been as awful as I thought.! Some mood swings and feeling hotter than usual but otherwise ok.
I’m starting counselling next week as I have been struggling with health anxiety since my diagnoses. I am so scared of hearing that news again if it ever happens. I definitely can’t continue living with the fear so I need some professional help to be able to move on. Maybe it will just take more time.
When do you have your MRI or next appointment ?
Lots of love xoxo