Hi I was diagnosed 5th December IDC 2 ER + PR +. Had Wide local excicion and SLNB 17th December but it all still feels unreal. Had a few panic attacks between diagnosis, magseed, and dye injections but since surgery I don’t really feel anything. Am I going to crash at some point?
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Hello, sorry your are here with us. Not what we planned for the end of the year right?
I was diagnosed 3rd Nov, same op as you on 11th Dec. How are you finding the recovery?
I know from my point of view the weeks leading up to diagnosis were horrendous. My anxiety was awful. I had to speak to my doctor to give me some medication just to get through the MRI scan. Then once the breast cancer was confirmed, the wait for results and having a plan of some sort started. Telling friends and family. The whole process is a lot to deal with! My mum went through bc about 8 years ago and I cant believe everything she went through behind the scenes. I was definitely expecting a big crash 
Maybe it comes later? But for now I feel very calm. We had the lump out! Technically until we are told otherwise we are cancer free!!! 
It’s Christmas eve. I don’t know if you celebrate the season but I hope you can find some positivity and peace
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Yes, definitely not what we had planned!
One week post surgery and just starting to feel human. I love your positive attitude and I’m going to borrow some, you’re right, until otherwise stated we are cancer free.
Yes we celebrate and it’s going to be a good day Merry Christmas xxx
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It’s something my mum and I didnt celebrate enough. After her lumpectomy it didnt occur to us straight away that she could be cancer free. When we realised I remember seeing the weight lift from her shoulders
Keep repeating. It’s gone. Everything next could just be preventative. And dont forget to remind people when they say “you have breast cancer” what we can say instead is HAD. We had breast cancer And we are still here alive and kicking and ready to eat more mince pies than we should haha
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Hi @daftcow
My response would be “not necessarily”. Like you I found the run up to surgery awful, but once that was done I was fine. Sure, I had some nerves going for results (who wouldn’t?!), but other than that I’ve been fine. I think because cancer is a huge thing it’s almost expected that there will be a crash, but the reality seems to be that many many people simply have treatment and move on with their lives. I will keep everything crossed that is the case for you. x
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I agree with what the others have said. I was diagnosed at the end of August, same surgery as you at the end of October and it was the idea of surgery and the recovery from that worried me as I’ve never been ill before but I trusted the team who did a top job and didn’t think any further than that. I am now facing chemotherapy as a belt and braces treatment and am not thinking beyond that.
It can all feel very surreal (it does to me) as though the real me is just a bystander, think you have a very healthy attitude so just put one foot in front of the other 
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Hiya. I’m so glad that you’ve had the op and well done for joining the ‘had cancer’ club.
I crashed badly last time, because I was in the system for four months, then ‘bam’ that was it, I felt spat out of the lifeboat with no life jacket and I flailed. I also struggled with people assuming I was better now. Physically I was, but inside I wasn’t.
We’re all have different experiences and different levels of resilience. Here’s hoping you don’t crash, but just know that if you do, then there is lots of help available on the BCN website. There are web sessions, I had a bit of counselling last time which helped me process stuff.
But if you’re feeling you don’t need that help, then good on you. Get on with living your best life. xx
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Hi, I’m so sorry that you had to go through that and happy you came out the other side. I think a lot of my experience is mingled into the fact that Christmas was just around the corner and there was/is so much more to be getting on with. The whole “show must go on” attitude, now I have my 60th Birthday in 3 days and New Year so we’ll keep smiling and see what the January slump brings. Happy to be in the “had cancer” club. Keep moving forward and be happy xx
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Keep riding the wave and have your trusted support crew in the wings just in case. Let’s face it, January is a bluesy month for so many.
Have a fabulous 60th. You got the best birthday present ever!
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I recently was diagnosed with BC in December it was a shock I was scared,had my first chemo on the 17th of December I was anxious but all the nurses and doctors and other fighters were so supportive and caring throughout every step with the mammograms and scans ,I have the support of my parents I’m staying with them over Christmas and in between session we are checking each appointment of the calendar and making plans to look forward to i have a 4 month old niece who it’s giving me the fight but I’m fighting for everything and everyone one chemo down it hasn’t been too bad but I’m not keen on needles so opted for picc should all be done by April 1st
Then celebratory barbecue
I wish all of you well Keep fighting and believing in yourselves no matter what let’s Kick cancer in the ass!!
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I’m sorry to hear that you’re in this club with us. Keep chceking those appointments off and you’ll be at that celebratory BBQ very soon. Hope it all goes well on your journey to being cancer free x
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Routine first mammogram Recall. I thought they might not have got clear pics after googling recall Doctor doin ultra sound just say. Ya something there and nearly sure it’s suspicious 2 biopsy’s on the spot. I got zero warning. The dreaded week of waiting for results Dec 15 th. Doc just say ya. Breast cancer. Surgery Dec 19 th All so fast and shocking Ruined my x mas Now results and treatment plan Jan 5 th Happy new year to me All I know is it was a dot less than 1 mm nothing visible seen in mymp nodes but one never knows I can’t think about anything else from wake up to sleep 24/7 … anyone like me ?