Hi there,
I'm 25 years old and on monday the 23rd of march 2020 I was told that they had found a small cancerous lump in my breast. This came as a complete shock to me, as the Dr who I saw at the Breast Clinic was almost sure it was Fibroadenoma, but obvisouly the biopsy results showed differently, and rather naively I didn't think otherwise. No one in my family that I know of has had breast, ovarian or prostate cancer. I was absolutely distraught upon hearing the news, and so are my family. I had some more tests done yesterday to learn more about the cancer, but I do not find out my results until next week, so it's just a waiting game until then.
I guess my worry is, is that it has spread, and this will be even harder to deal with. I also keep thinking about my hair falling out due to chemotherapy/radiation treatment (which I know is silly) but it makes me so upset when I think about it. I've also been spoken to about having my eggs frozen in case i want to try for children later on. I honestly didn't even think about everything else cancer would effect, it's all very overwhelming and scary.
As no one in my family has really had any dealings with cancer (apart from my uncle who passed away from mouth cancer, but he lived in another country where healthcare is not to a high standard) I feel very uneducated about the topic, but the more I read up on it, the more I freak myself out.
I guess what i'm trying to say is how do people cope with what is out of their control? I of course can't control if the cancer has spread/what stage/what type of cancer is it, so how do you come to terms with this? How do you stop thinking the worse? I know It's no use me getting worked up about it until i've had my results back, but I can't help myself thinking the worse. I would really appreciate any tips/advice for this.
Thank you so much x
