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Hi all

 

My name is Jo in november 2011 i found a lump, everyone kept saying it will be nothing to worry about, but i felt exhausted i couldn’t keep my eyes open i just knew.  I went to see the nurse at my docs, she made me see a doctor, they refered me to one stop breast clinic where they do the mammogram, ultrasound, and when they told me they needed to do a biopsy and a fine needle test i knew.  The results came back within 4 hours the bottom fell out of my world, first question, " WILL I LOSE MY HAIR" what a stupid question, It should have been will i lose my life, but not me :stuck_out_tongue:

Anyway i decided it would not be cancers choice that i would lose my hair, i shaved it all off and donated it to little princess trust, they make wigs for children with cancer and i also raised 620.00 pounds for them too.  I had two operations to remove the cancer, 6 months of chemo, 15 radiations which burnt my neck, and then 18 months of Herceptin, but this was at home which was nice, if i can call it that.  So where i am at now is the last check the cancer had gone from my breast, but they saw something on the ct scan on my ovary so panic set in again, luckily it was just a cyst, so now a visit to the gynocologist, he is going to remove it as its quite big.  But i am getting there, Ok i will shut up now.  Anyway Hello all xxx

Hi, I am Sandra only just joined and yes same for me with treatment. Only done MacMillan Coffee Morning at my work Oct 2011, then got myself breast cancer in March 2012. Every time I get something now, I think I am going to get cancer again, but as my McMillan nurse said ‘take one day at a time’ & ‘don’t think about something that has not happened yet’.