Stage 1 breast cancer - just been diagnosed and it's finally hit me. Finding it hard to keep this to myself but don't want to worry my family

Hello I have just been diagnosed with stage 1 breast cancer on my right breast after a routine mammogram. It was a big shock as always thought I was healthy, I walk a lot and on my feet all day in my job. I am not overweight but have put on weight around my waist, usually middle age spread. I went through menopause about 10 years ago and apparently my tumor is estrogen fed which comes from menopause and added weight. 

I am currently having further tests on my left breast as unusual cells came up on a MRI. Since my diagnosis I have been holding it together and carrying on as normal, but today I came home after a walk and was soaked from the rain and just burst into tears. I am finding this hard to keep to myself but don't want to worry my family so dismissing it.

Has anyone else felt this way? I assume this is normal as the shock has finally hit me.

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  • I was also stage 1 picked up on routine mammogram Nov 24. Official diagnosis Jan 25. Lumpectomy then re excision and 5 radiotherapy sessions later, I'm on Letrozole for 5 years. Didn't tell my husband or daughters till mid Jan as didn't want to put a dampener on Christmas or New Year.  

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  • I was also stage 1 picked up on routine mammogram Nov 24. Official diagnosis Jan 25. Lumpectomy then re excision and 5 radiotherapy sessions later, I'm on Letrozole for 5 years. Didn't tell my husband or daughters till mid Jan as didn't want to put a dampener on Christmas or New Year.  

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