Hi All I thought I was coping quite well ,finished my treatment end of July but have my first year mammogram Tues 25th Nov and I am begginning to whittle about it. Had my op a year ago today. Sometimes I want to bury my head in the sand and not have any more check ups and leave it all to providence …Does anyone else feel like this???
How are all my old buddies doing see one or two names from the past.
One friend said you have to put it all behind you and not even mention the word cancer but I find it very difficult , On the whole though I am finding new interests and joined the U3A , if any of you have a U3A in your area and are eligible to join, they offer some great courses, I would thoroughly reccommend it .
Love to all old friends and new Bobbie
I had my first mammogram post treatment on New Year’s Eve last year, so I felt I was going into 2008 under a cloud as I had to wait 10 days for the results. I also panicked when I was in there - there are 2 changing rooms off the mammo suite at my hospital and I exited through the wrong door only to find another lady in there! However, she calmed me down and told me she was 7 years post surgery and chemo which made me feel better. Maybe I was supposed to meet that lady!
I’ve just had my second mammogram last week and I didn’t sleep at all well the night before, so I had a stonking headache when I woke up. I had to have to extra pictures taken on my left (surgery) side, but my husband reminded me the same thing happened last year as my scars are in an awkward spot.My review appointment is for the first week in December and is not with the main breast clinic as I was told when my Oncologist discharged me they are not expecting to find anything else. I am sure if there was anything wrong I would have been contacted by now as my clinic are very thorough.
I think it’s perfectly natural to feel a bit worried about going for mammos, but I have had other ladies say to me it gets better beyond 2 years. I’ve got to the stage where I am now able to push things to the background and get on with just living life a bit better. I was never one for joining classes or groups before I had BC, but I now find I make myself try things out a bit more. I attend a yoga class on a Monday morning and am the youngest in the class by about 20 years (out of the others the youngest lady is about 67). I have to say I love it as the older ladies are great fun and really know how to live, which really helps me to have a positive view of things; they are just all round good fun.