Scared

Hello

My partner was diagnosed with breast cancer on Monday. It's a grade 3 invasive ductal carcinoma.

We have a 6 month old baby son and she is breastfeeding. She has to stop and you can imagine how hrd this is. 

She has a CT scan tomorrow and even this means she has to be away from our baby for 8 hours post scan.

We are struggling.

  • Hi there ... there's a lot of breast cancer lasses on here ... so we have all been in those early days feeling very scared and vulnerable. . I can't imagine how you handle these things with a new baby ... 

    But treatment has come a long way ...I had a grade 3 her 2 neg cancer ... I had a mastectomy last July and nearly made my 1st year and doing well ... though the tiredness is a big feature of the treatment , so she will probably need a lot of help from you and hopefully other family members too ..

    Cancer wants us to give up ... crumble and not cope and just panic .. and yes wer all scared deep down but keeping things as positive as possible will help you both get through ... it's like going on the scariest rollercoaster,  being strapped in and you can't just get off ... but wer all on that same rollercoaster as your wife ... so tell her she's not alone ... there's a lot of support on here if she ever needs it ..

    So have all those feelings, that is normal... then get her some vertual boxing gloves and get in the ring .. hold her hand and look it in the eye and trade it blow for blow ... you will have low days .. but then get back up after and kick cancers butt all the way ... it's not about winning or loosing ... it's about holding on and it is doable ... you can do this ... Chrissie x