Hi Rachel
Sorry you have had to joion our elite little club, but welcome aboard! You will find loads of support and friendship here.
The initial waiting for results and a treatment plan is definitely the worst part. Once you know what you've got to do, you can get on with it and start to tick things off.
I had a recall from my routine mammogram end of Jan 2012, WLE and SNB end of Feb. Chemo suggested but declined (I was borderline for it to have been of benefit). RT for 3 weeks April/May (following my already-booked-before-diagnosos Easter holiday!) Double hormone therapies.
I have been back at work since September, and am gradually returning to 'normal'. There are many ladies on here (and some men!) who are now back in the land of NED (No Evidence of Disease) and hopefully you will be before too long too.
Best pieces of advice I had: 1) DON'T GOOGLE - stick to this website and other reputable cancer sites such as macmillan and CRUK or you will scare yourself half to death with out-of-date, or just plain wrong information.
2) Be prepared to feel like you are on an emotional roller coaster. You will feel very vulnerable/scared/tearful. This is PERFECTLY NORMAL. We've all been there, and believe me it DOES GET BETTER.
3) Limit your research to what is relevant for your situation - no point reading about chemo SEs unless you actually need to go there - ditto secondaries! It's all ver scary - One step at a time!
Feel free to rant on here to express your worries (sometimes it helps to save worrying family and friends)
Good Luck with it all. Cyber hugs.
