Hello, I'm new to this and haven't used anything so far to talk about what I've been going through. I was diagnosed with breast cancer on 26th August 2020 at the age of 25, just a week before my birthday. At first I was reassured it was small and had been caught early so would have a lumpectomy and radiotherapy. A lot of the reassurance came down to me being diagnosed so young... which if anyone else out there can relate, is very annoying.
I had my lumpectomy and some lymph nodes removed on the 28th of September and ended up with a horrific infection and the scar from my lymph removal actually opened back up, apparently I have an enzyme that dissolves stitches :laugh: so had a gaping hole in my armpit :cry: my surgeon stitched me back up and it has healed now!
After my surgery my tumour was sent for the oncotype DX test in America and turns out it was actually a stage 2, grade 3 invasive ductal carcinoma... and I would need chemo. So then came the fertility treatment to preserve my eggs for the future as my ovaries may not make it through the chemo. This was soul destroying.
I had my first session of chemo with EC on the 3rd of December and honestly today is the first day I've felt semi human! Constant nausea, vomiting, headaches, bone pain from the steroid injections, terrible fatigue, itchy skin, I could go on!
im not writing this for sympathy or to sound like I'm moaning, it's for the fact I haven't so far come across anyone in my age range who has gone or is going through this, so I'm reaching out!
Please tell me I'm not on my own, because even with my family and friends supporting me I have never felt so alone
Lou x