Hi Gemma and a warm welcome to our forum, 

It must be such a heart-breaking time for you when it might feel like your world has suddenly been shattered and it was all completely unexpected. With your mum being your best friend, you must be quite devastated by the news of the diagnosis. There must also be a lot to take in following her diagnosis and I thought I would share with you the information we have on our website on breast cancer which will hopefully be helpful to you while you are waiting to find out more and are waiting for her MRI results. If you ever have any questions too, you are welcome to give our cancer nurses a call on 0808 800 4040 - their helpline is open Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm. 

You have come to the right place to meet others who have been diagnosed with breast cancer and I've had a little look on the forum for you for threads from members who were also diagnosed with breast cancer in recent weeks or days and found for example Jannich66 who posted this thread and was diagnosed at the end of November - don't hesitate to drop this member a line if you would like to do so. Another thread you could respond to is Boolay 's who posted this thread on being diagnosed with breast cancer and you will see there are other members in that thread like Sarjh31 JustHappen or Devonite who responded with their own breast cancer experience. 

I hope that you find out more soon about what your mum's staging and treatment plan is - do give us a little update if you get a chance and I hope that this forum will allow you to connect with others who find themselves in a similar place. 

Best wishes, 

Lucie, Cancer Chat Moderator 

Hi Gemma and a warm welcome to our forum, 

It must be such a heart-breaking time for you when it might feel like your world has suddenly been shattered and it was all completely unexpected. With your mum being your best friend, you must be quite devastated by the news of the diagnosis. There must also be a lot to take in following her diagnosis and I thought I would share with you the information we have on our website on breast cancer which will hopefully be helpful to you while you are waiting to find out more and are waiting for her MRI results. If you ever have any questions too, you are welcome to give our cancer nurses a call on 0808 800 4040 - their helpline is open Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm. 

You have come to the right place to meet others who have been diagnosed with breast cancer and I've had a little look on the forum for you for threads from members who were also diagnosed with breast cancer in recent weeks or days and found for example Jannich66 who posted this thread and was diagnosed at the end of November - don't hesitate to drop this member a line if you would like to do so. Another thread you could respond to is Boolay 's who posted this thread on being diagnosed with breast cancer and you will see there are other members in that thread like Sarjh31 JustHappen or Devonite who responded with their own breast cancer experience. 

I hope that you find out more soon about what your mum's staging and treatment plan is - do give us a little update if you get a chance and I hope that this forum will allow you to connect with others who find themselves in a similar place. 

Best wishes, 

Lucie, Cancer Chat Moderator