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Hello
Feeling extremely alone and flat.
Was misdiagnosis in march, my results were switched, only found out on 30th june i have stage 3 breast cancer, estrogen based.
Its been hell, 2 operations now on my breast and the other day, found a new lump, so tomorrow, another biopsy, and another wait, 7 days for the result!!
Mental health not good, very flat.

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Hello @angiemac
So sorry to hear what you have already been through and are still going through. I would imagine that your mental health must be all over the place.
Please feel free to reach out here on the forums and in real life. There is so much truly wonderful support around for anybody affected by a cancer diagnosis, I had personal experience of Maggie’s if you are near any of their centres? They are beautiful places and there’s always an ear available if you want one or not if you don’t.
Sending you lots of love
AM xxx

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Hello
Thank you for your message, yes i have a Maggies near me, i am in inverness area. I have been in a couple of times.
Hoping to get some counceling via macmillian .
Not started chemo yet, very scared of all that entails. Cant move forward until breast wound from op recovers, so tied to daily trip to getting new dressing on it every day .

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Angiemac :heart: sorry you find yourself here :heart: adoptedmanc and I are bcn forum community champions :heart: so take it one day at a time and one treatment at a time, trying to process everything can be a lot and treatments can change because everything will be tailored specifically to you :heart: do have a read through some of the other chemo threads and do join the chemo thread when you start :heart: you will get each other through and believe it or not there will be :joy:of laughter along the way but step by step you will get through :heart: get your teeth checked before starting chemo your dentist will fit you in when you tell them you are starting chemo, oral hygiene is important during chemo :heart:get a thermometer to check your temp during chemo. If you aren’t doing cold cap, check with your local Macmillan for pre loved wigs and also ask at your Macmillan about the look good feel better courses if you’ve not already been made aware of it :heart: we’re all here so ask away and also have a look on the bcn website and all it can help support you with :heart::two_hearts::two_hearts::sparkles::sparkles:Shi xx

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Thank you much, this what am needing other who are or have experience of this horrible illness, its just broken my heart another tumor on same breast has appeared, surgeon is not going to remove it yet, as as soon as wound heels in another 2/3 weeks he want me to start chemo.
Hope you both doing well and getting better xx

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Angiemac :heart: don’t let it take your joy :heart: it will try, remember you are still fabulous you :heart: and as I’ve said, day by day, step by step, you will get through, do join threads and ask away, everyone will help :heart: and do try and find mountain lion by strawberry blonde on the help and inspiration thread, it has helped a lot of us over the years :heart: I’m hoping my fellow community champion Jill1998 can post the link to this for you, she’s our community champion oracle :heart: and the best :heart: and whatever you do, do this your way, what’s right for you :heart: whatever you need to do to get through :heart: you might find friends disappear during your treatments like they’ve done a beam me up Scottie and then beam back down when treatments finished :heart: don’t let it bother you if that happens, concentrate on you :heart::two_hearts::two_hearts::sparkles::sparkles:Shi xx

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Hello so sorry that your going through all of this, I am also going through it myself I also have had two operations, and my wound has not healed and have been neglected a lot, still waiting upon chemotherapy mine is stage 3 also I hear you when you say about your mental health most days I just could just scream has there have been so many obstacles been in my way, it’s just one thing after another. I had my operation in June also and still no chemo, I may not be able to have it now because of the wound and time frame.
Just wanted you to know I know how your feeling.
Nobody has rung me to ask how I am I have to ring for all my appointments and things.
My own GP haven’t even rung. Love to you :heart:

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So sorry to read your post twinkle, its exteremly hard, on this waiting game, with wound on breast not heeling.
I am so sorry i thought id replied.
How are you getting on? I have first date for chemo on 18th sept, petrified .
Am happy to keep intouch and help one another on our journey xx