New breast cancer diagnosis

I found out the week before last that I have breast cancer. I'm 35 and my mum had breast cancer and died less than 2 years ago. I get my biopsy results on Monday and I'll find out how bad it is and hopefully what the plan is going forward. I'm crappin it to say the least. I already know what happens after going through it all with my mum, I was there for her for all her appointments and chemo. All of my feelings about this are tangled up with the trauma of losing my mum. The appointments are the scariest things. I'm going through phases of being positive and planning for the worst. It took 7 weeks to get a hospital appointment after my gp appointment. And then I have to wait over a week to get my results.

  • I'm so sorry to hear your mum was taken by this horrible disease! I hope your results on Monday aren't too bad and they get you in and on your road to recovery! It's never a good time to be diagnosed with cancer but it definitely makes it harder during a pandemic! I had to wait 2 weeks for my biopsy results so can totoally understand how you're feeling. It's hard with the appointments as your not allowed anyone physically with you, if it helps I had my friends on speaker or video call during the appointments so it didn't feel as daunting.

    Try to keep strong chick and know your mum is with you :love: 

    keep us updated on your biopsy results xx

  • Thank you for you message. I have had my biopsy results and have since been back for more lynphnode biopsys. I have heart and ct scan tomorrow then bone scan and start chemo on 7th.