Hi all, just wanted to say hello really… I’m not normally a great forum person, but I don’t really know many people in my situation, so would be nice to see who’s around. :o)
I was diagnosed on 2 March 2012 with a grade 3 breast cancer, think it’s a stage 2A, but lymph node biopsy showed no malignant cells. I started chemo last week, and it’s been a rough one. I’m on the FEC-T, now waiting for my hair to fall out. How does that happen btw? Clumps? Little bits? Slowly? My head’s been itching for days, but I had it cut real short before I started chemo (ie a couple of mm)…
The plan is chemo first to try and shrink it, then surgery, then radiotherapy, then hormones. Mine was Her neg, so no herceptine, but positive to oestrogen.
What else? Well, I was widowed in April 2009 when my children were only 11 months and 3, so they are now 3 and 6, and now I’ve been told I’ve got cancer. Great. I had just rebuilt my life, thank you very much! Grrrrr. I’m beginning to get my head around it slowly I think. I do have a lovely new partner, and, between us, we have 7 kids aged from 3 years to 16 years. He has stopped working for now to help me get better, so finances are going to be a nightmare, because, by living with a man, I lost my pension, widowed parent allowance and working tax credits - we moved together last October.
Right. Well, that’s my story - thanks for taking the time to read all of this.
Sending you all a big massive hug. xxx, E