Feeling hopeless

Diagnosed with breast cancer Triple negative and inflammatory breast cancer
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Can I ask how you’re getting on ? X

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Hey!

Gosh, it feels a lifetime ago since I wrote this message!

A year on and I am in a MUCH better place :slight_smile:

I had an extreme skin reaction to my first immunotherapy. It was worrying and I thought I may have to stop treatment…however, 5 days afterwards, my tumor had shrunk away and it had also gone on the MRI scan. So for me, immunotherapy was a miracle worker, and I was able to continue the rest of my treatment without major issue.

Like most people, there were curveballs along the way and I found there was also a small area of Her 2 cancer. However, luckily the triple neg treatment also managed to get rid of this cancer too.

I had a PCR and have finished all my active treatment now. I’m having a year of herceptin as a precaution because of the Her 2 area, but luckily no side effects to that.

I’ve recently restarted work and my family and I are in the stage of processing everything and trying to find our normality again!

Because of my response I’m in a lower risk for recurrence, so I’m just keeping my fingers and toes crossed. If I think too hard about the future, I can have panicky moments. But it is true what they say, time does help and I generally feel quite positive about the future.

Sorry this is a bit of a novel length reply, but I wanted to hopefully offer reassurance to anyone reading my initial post, that there is hope and things can and do get better :slight_smile:

X

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This is great to hear,I’m in the same situation you were a year ago so I’m incredibly nervous and worried but your post has given me some positivity which is defo what I need right now. :crossed_fingers:t2:

I’m so happy for you x

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Thanks for the update and pleased you are doing well.

There is a very active and supportive thread for HER2+ as treatment continues for at least a year. If you would like to join, here is the link.

Take care

:smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

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Thank you so much, from someone who needs this.

All the very best to you and your family. x

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@19star19 :sparkling_heart::sparkles: … this is wonderful to read …. us TN ladies need to hear this kind-of positivity, for sure, as such lengthy treatment for TN, etc is gruelling …. thank you :two_hearts::two_hearts::two_hearts::two_hearts::two_hearts:

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