Hi,ive just found out ive got breast cancer,and im still a bit shell shocked by it all,they think that they will be able to do a lumpectomy and take a few lymph nodes then some radiotherapy but know more on thursday after results of deepcore bio come back,
I just posted this elsewhere but will put it here too…
Heya Weezer, good luck on Thursday. I found the waiting for results the hardest bit of my treatment so far. I’ve had surgery, I’m doing chemo at the moment and that’s all fine and manageable most days are good days (with a few great ones thrown in) but back when I was first diagnosed I found it hard and scary. That’s passing now. DO tell us your results when you get them. Someone on here will have had similar and we can help you prepare for the next bit.
Lots and lots of love
Angie
Hi Weezer
So sorry to hear that you have had to join us here. As Angie said above waiting is the hardest part but once things got started I felt much better with things. There will always be someone on here to help you through. I have found this site great. I have had lumpectomy and am on chemo now which is doable. Good luck on Thursday.
Love Claire
Hi Weezer
Like the others I’m sorry you have had to join us on the site, but you will get tremendous support here. The waiting is horrendous as we all agree, once you have the final results and a treatment plan is put in place you feel much more in control.
I was dx in Jan then had WLE and node sampling followed rads which finished end of April so not too horrendous, am now on tamoxifen for 5 years and other than a couple of side effects I am getting on ok with it.
Good luck for Thursday and let us know how you are getting on.
Hi Weezer,
It must have been such a shock to discover that you have breast cancer, its a very scary time isn’t it.
Lots of thoughts and fears jump into your head and the time of waiting for results can seem to go on forever.
Whatever you are going through now, you will find others on here who are in a similar position or are a little way ahead in terms of diagnosis and treatment.
So do use the site and get as much support from here as you need.
All the best for Thursday
love
Magsi
Good luck with your results Weezer
I think the waiting is the worst thing about all this
best wishes
Liz
Hi Weezer
Good luck for Thursday. The waiting is the worst part, but in the worst case adleast you will know and be able to move forward with treatment etc.
I was dx in Oct 07 had WLE nodes negative, then chemo and rads. Finally finished all my treatment on 7th July.
Best wishes
Lynnex
Hi Weezer,
Sorry that you have had to come to this page. I too had a shock when I was diagnosed as I had no lump etc. Tumour removed by WLE and SNB in May and now doing rads, thankfully no chemo.
The waiting is the worse, as all the other ladies have been saying. Nothing can compensate that time worrying, We’ve all been there, but we’re all together and looking out for each other. This site has been a great comfort.
Good luck on Thursday.
Hi weezer
Welcome to the Breast Cancer Care forums. As well as the support you are receiving from the other forum users you may find BCC’s resource pack helpful, it has been designed for those newly diagnosed. The pack is free of charge as are all our publications. If you would like a copy just follow the link below:
breastcancercare.org.uk//content.php?page_id=7514
I hope you find it helpful.
Kind regards
Sam
BCC Facilitator
Hi thanks everyone,ive just started to tell people and im getting a bit upset and then they are upset but just want everyone to know straight away and then i dont feel like im hiding anything but as ive not had my lumpectomy or any treatment yet i feel a bit of a fake as i dont feel any different,im just confused and dont know what to say to people,any advice?
Hi weezer,
It’s very hard telling people at first and yes you do get upset. I started to choose who and where I told people and found that I couldn’t do it outside my own home. That way I could be as upset as I liked and not feel embarrassed. Also they were upset but once the tears dried cuddles and talk was given over a cup of coffee. This is really an emotional rollercoaster.
You’re not a fake, no ones a fake. It’s just you are lacking in info at the moment until Thursday when your get your results.
.Waiting is the worse part.
Hi Weezer,
Its difficult isn’t it.
I started to tell work colleagues the week before the lumpectomy as I would be away from work for a couple of days. I also told them that if the lump proved to be cancer it meant a mastectomy before Christmas (2007).
Obviously people were shocked and one burst into tears, but I thought it was better coming from me rather than finding out through the ‘grapevine’. I ended up comforting some people and adjusting the way I told the info depending on who I was speaking to. It wasn’t easy.
But once everyone knew and had a chance to take the news on board and chat to each other when I wasn’t around it was fine. Everyone was so supportive, its kept the channels of communication open as everyone knows what has happened.
But just tell the people that you want to tell in the way that you want to do it. We are all different.
M x
hi again forgot to mention that my mother had bc at 39 same age as i am and in exactly the same place tried to get gp to test me years ago but you have to have more of a family history,does any else have simillar experience.
Hi Weezer, Yes my sister got bc at 48 and I had thought that my aunt did too (she had mastectomy 30-40 years ago). Apparently my aunt didn’t have cancer - some benign lump I think - so I was told no family history - yet here I am 7 years later! I was given a mammogram at the time though. My bc was picked up on a mammogram this time and I was lucky to have been called for screening it only a month after my 50th birthday - there was no palpable lump. I had WLE and SNB 12 days ago and had good results back …so far so good.
Now my daughter and nieces will follow up genetic angle.
Hi Weezer,
I have no family history, but having been dx at 44, my GP told me that my daughters should be tested from the age of 34.
Hi weezer
i had no family history eather i was dx in may this year at the age of 37 …so i will be on tender hock’s with my daughter when she get’s older …
sal x