Hi, I just found this thread, I have been on the forums & moved around the threads as per where I am on this road we're all travelling, just finished 15 radiotherapy sessions a week ago, had lumpectomy in January after the diagnosis late Nov, stage 1 BC nodes clear, so radiotherapy & also on anastrozole for 5 yrs as BC invasive lobular and advised by oncologist the best for me. So relatively straightforward for me, but life changing and still coming to terms with it all. I was moved by the recent post about Chris Woodward's attitude because I've realised that part of being diagnosed with BC is coming to terms with the reality that we all have to go some time , I don't want to upset anyone by saying this but it is something I have come to through this experience. These days we are so used to the idea that we will have good health that it comes as a huge reality check to realise we're actually mortal, I know I was like that before the BC diagnosis and it really does feel like my friends are now in one universe, those who have not had a cancer diagnosis, and I am now in a different world where yes things do go wrong. The post about Chris Woodward has really set me thinking because if as he says we can accept and deal with the reality then from there it is possible to move on and live our lives to the full. Jeremy Vine's reaction was very typical of most of us before we are given a cancer or diagnosed with any life threatening illness. A very good friend of mine collapsed a couple of years ago from an aneurysm, he was in the kitchen making lunch one minute and gone the next, no warning at all, massive shock for his wife & family. Apologies if I have been depressing with this post, As I said I was very struck with this thread and had to respond, I have been struggling emotionally since the radiotherapy finished because I now have to get on with life & find a way forward which involves coming to terms with what has happened to me. All good wishes to everyone & really appreciate this forum as only we can really understand what it feels like to go through this. Now off out in the garden for a while, happy Easter! 🙂
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