Hi again,
I'm 47 too. Good, I'm glad you are finding positive strength here, this place saw me through the early days of complete hysteria lol I was only diagnosed early March and had lumpectomy in April, but now active treatment has finished I gain so much advice and positivity from visiting in different ways. There is MASSES of hope for you my friend, the majority of women have very successful treatment, and there are a very special group of women here who have secondaries (and many have had for many years) who are totally inspirational as they are living their lives to the full with ongoing treatment. I'm not saying you have secondaries by the way, just saying that those women inspire me personally.
I hardly told anybody about my diagnosis, 2 friends and only close family. I've only really let people know now after its all over. Everyone is different in that respect; some like to keep it private and feel they might be treated differently if people know of their diagnosis. I certainly felt that way, and just didn't want pitying looks or people asking me, I just didn't want to talk about it with everybody as it helped me retain some normality and compartmentalise the bc and 'life'. There was enough medical discussion without having to repeat to everybody all the details. Others like getting it out in the open and find comfort from others knowing. Neither way is wrong. ;o)
Have you a date for surgery yet?
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