Hello and welcome, there are plenty of people going through alsorts, what is your story? Do you have cancer or are you caring for someone with cancer? People never know what to say but here there are lots of people who've experienced lots. I hope you come back soon to chat.
I was diagnosed with stage 1 breast cancer Aug 2015 had a lumpectomy and radiotherapy which finished in November I feel very isolated as friend tend to just look and me and say you look well but on the inside I'm screaming I returned to work after Christmas but everything has just got on too much and I broke down at work Friday stress causing so much pain in chest and breast need time out
Sorry to hear you're suffering. The stress and emotions are bound to catch up with you at some point, you've been through lots. Do you have any local cancer support groups in your area? Macmillan also offer counselling that may be beneficial or if you work for a big company they might have a referral system. You'll find lots of people on here that have had or have different stages of breast cancer and may be able to offer you some valuable advice. It really helps coming on here and talking about how you are feeling, it's therapy in itself. x
Thanks for your reply I've been in touch with my breast care nurse and there is a therapy group coming up in April otherwise there does not seem to be any thing
I just feel that going back to work when I did was too soon just didn't give my self time to come to terms with everything
I'm currently off work with stress which has but stress and strain on my heeling breast and trying to explain this to work colleagues all they see is the outside my happy smiling face hiding pain x
Aprils not so far away now. People are not very good at understanding things unless it's in their face like a broken leg or arm. Unless you experience something yourself you can only ever guess what's going on, on the inside or what you'd be like if it happened to you. It's usually 100 X worse than you can ever imagine. Try and seek some counselling maybe to help you deal with things. There are others on here who have struggled too. Take care of yourself x
