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Having a hard time

Hayleyrm2
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Hello to all

I am 52 years old, 3 years into a new relationship, very happy, planning to do lots of things. loving my jobs, everything going really well until I was diagnosed with Breast Cancer earlier this year.

I have already undergone surgery (Diep flap breast reconstruction and axillary clearance), 8 weeks post op. 

I am glad to this day that from diagnosis, biopsies and scans to surgery that things have moved as quickly as possible, but now i am an emotional wreck and am finding every day mentally hard.

Everyone around me says how strong i am and that i got this, how well i have recovered, but inside i am not coping. I know that writing things down is a good way of outing my thoughts and feelings, so here i am!

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    Sorry to hear that I'm a carer I'm sure a lot of support out there 

  • Offline in reply to Trigger52

    Hello Trigger52.  We  are all brave people.  No one ever knows how they are going to feel hearing that they have Cancer or any life threatening illness, until it is you!

    For me as well as many people i think, waiting for test results, waiting for treatment, just waiting for anything to happen adds to the anxiety. I felt that nothing was happening quick enough.  It definitely helped being vocal on this site, I had a word with myself.  I had no fear about the surgery, had every faith in the surgeons but wow, post op, not sure i would go through that again.  I now read information on Radiotherapy and the hormone therapy, not sure how i feel about it, but its now the nexr step i am going to have to climb.  Im just hoping that i have enough strength in me to keep climbing. x

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