Breast Cancer Now Forum

Hi Sharon  so sorry to read about your diagnosis.  keep positive, the treatments they can do are amazing. I’m an half way through chemo now and find it manageable 😀 Feelings are an absolute rollercoaster and that is normal, I am very open with my sons, 18, 22 as they are my main support and they are amazing and resilient.  Good luck in your journey and I too am making plans for holidays and other things next year xx   ... View more

Thank you for replying, everything you are feeling is normal I’m sure and it must be difficult for partners to comprehend. That’s why I came here, support and to support other people who get it xxx ... View more

Thank you Lizzie I hope I can be as strong and optimistic as you. Is the chemo as expected? I’m keen to just get on with it, this year is only only going to be about treatment whichever way I look at it xx ... View more

Hello Lizzie and others this is my first post, feeling very much like a rabbit in headlights. TNBC diagnosis certainly is scary! There are some lovely supportive replies and happy outcomes which are good to read. i had a lumpectomy a week ago, they wouldn’t do chemo first because of covid19. Mine is grade 3, not staged yet as waiting on results of margins and nodes. I had a mammogram 8 months before I found the lump which was 32mm, this is what scares me, how can it grow that quick? I kicked my partner of four years out just two days after my surgery as I caught him messaging another woman, it’s all a bit overwhelming.   love Nick x             ... View more

Hi Kath I know your post was a few months back but I hope you are ok? im a while behind you but can definitely relate to the fear that TNBC leaves you with. xx   ... View more