Hi I’m 54 years old and in December I found a lump in my right breast. To say I was shocked and scared is an understatement. Last year, April 2025, my eldest daughter (32 at the time) was diagnosed with stage IV metastatic breast cancer. So for me to find a lump 8 months later, well let’s just say it wasn’t on my bingo card! Anyway I had a biopsy, mammogram and ultrasound on the 29th December and was told it was most likely cancer. On the 12th January, with both of my daughters with me, I was told it was cancer and I would need a mastectomy. I had that done on the 10th February and am almost recovered, still a bit numb in places and still get a bit sore now and then. But mentally and emotionally it has been a lot for me. The mum guilt is awful, why am I okay and my daughter isn’t?! I didn’t even need radiotherapy or chemotherapy. I’m on anastrazole for 5 years. I have started counselling as I just can’t get my head around any of it. Anyway that has been my year, just living with cancer one way or another.
