Secondary breast cancer hi im new :)

hi there 

Im mandy im 46yrs old mum of 5 nan to 7 and of corse the hubbie lol

last march 2017 i found a HUGE lump on my left breast done the norm went to doc who sent me to hospital breast unit i under went memograms biyopsy ect 2days b4 my 46th birthday i was told i had stage 3 agressive breast cancer my world stoped right there :( so i was to start intens chemo ect body scans everything then on 3rd april 2017 i was told the devastating new it had spread to my liver and bones :( i wonted to be swolled up there and then and beged my hubbie to take me home i didnt wont to be at the hospital so we went home ....i started chemo in the april had 6 lots of imtens chemo wasnt very nice sick lost all my hair i fely angry upset everything rolled into one i toock to chemo quite well and had my last chemo july 2017 and started tablets and every 4 weeks belly injections my hair came bk curly lol so i now no thay wont operate as wont prolong my life and i have body scans every 3 months so im living for the scans at the moment everything is going fine thow i do suffer with back pain badly :( i havent seen my cancer doc since 12 april 2018 but im due to see her for full examantion thursday 12 july 9am where copying quite well with the fact ill have this for the rest of my life but i have to say my hubs dosnt like to talk about it i dont think hes coping mind i sit and cry from time to time i have no one realy to talk to about this so thought id join here and hope to talk to members in the same boat as me :) if youd like to x

  • Welcome to the forum Mandymadge.

    I'm really sorry to read about your story so far but I'm glad you've joined us here at Cancer Chat as you'll find many kindred spirits who have gone on similar journeys.

    We have a large group of breast cancer ladies on this discussion if you'd like to have a read but I just wanted to mention [@mare]‍, [@Louie1967]‍, [@Doogle1]‍  and[@Kryssusan]‍ as they all have experience of secondary breast cancer. Hopefully they will stop by when they can to say hello and tell you more about themselves now I've tagged them in this post but do feel free to explore the forum and look for other discussions you may want to join in on by using the 'search forum' option in the blue bar above.

    I look forward to seeing you around the forum soon mandymadge :)

    Kind regards, 

    Steph, Cancer Chat Moderator

  • Hello Mandymadge,

    I've only got a couple of minutes now to reply (off out with a friend), but gosh! the things you are saying take me right back to the start of my journey 7 years ago!

    The anger! I totally agree with everything you have written so passionately about!

    I promise I'll check my messages more often, and would gladly chat on here about the things that helped me.

    Keep trusting your medical team too, mine have been pretty amazing!

    Huge hugs,

    hope to chat soon.

    Mary