March 2019 - breast cancer diagnosis

Hi. So a wee bit about me. My name's Paula :) I've just been diagnosed with breast cancer and have had one chemo session.

I'm having 12 weekly sessions of chemo and then another 4 sessions over the last 8 weeks on a fortnightly basis. So chemo will be completed by 7th August.

Every 6 weeks I'll have an ultrasound. 

After the 20 weeks of chemo they'll check and see if the tumour has gone (50-60% chance) or shrunk (95% chance), then decide if I need surgery after a wait of 2-3 weeks of finishing chemo or just onto radiotherapy. 

If I have surgery then radiotherapy will happen 4 - 5 weeks afterwards.

I'm having a CT scan on Thursday 4th April. 

I've been told I'll lose all my hair after 3-4 weeks and it will all fall out within one week. 

It's all a lot to take in now but I'm here to offer my support to others and ask for your help when I'm having a bad day.

Thanks in advance :)

  • Hi Jolamine,

    Thank you. That's good to know about the forum. I'm sure I'll be asking a lot of questions! Sorry to hear about your breast cancer, it's a scary unknown so it's reassuring to know others are there, I really like the community.

    Good luck with your continuing fight and yes, I'll let you know how my treatment goes and you can do the same, if you're not tired of talking about it.

    Take care and thanks again for getting in touch  xx