Pam

Hi I've just been diagnosed with breast cancer last week and I am absolutely terrified I'm 59 and I don't feel ill at all

  • Don't be. Medicine has advanced hugely, and while the journey is not without challenges and pain. It isnt without hope.

    There are a lot of women here who have the same issues and will chime in with their experiences. The most important thing is to stay positive.

    As a man who had a BC scare 18 months ago.. I can sympathise. However my lumps turned out to be Gynocomastea brought on by the various meds I take.

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    I can understand how you feel. I had nothing wrong with me and decoded to go for a memmogram for no other reason than i'm just 46... i'm so worried I have been diagnosed with pre cancer in both breasts... I am so scared and I'm waiting on my results this week... I just wish I could wake up and this would all be a dream.... i'm here if you want to talk as I feel very alone 

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    Pam.. talking is very important. It helps you to not worry.. which I feel is critical.

    I personally am looking at a very likely malignancy in the sinus, based on the CT and symptoms. I am not worried. I need to knwo what it is, so that I can deal with it. I don't like uncertainity. I have a crap load of other things going on, but hey whats one more? (diabetes, Barrets Esophagus, Ulecerative Colitis, bad liver, bad kindeys, high BP, etc etc etc etc..)

    What little I have learnt from life is that it never throws anything at you that you can not deal with.

    This too shall pass.

     

  • Hi Pam Sorry that you have been diagnosed with breast cancer. I am now 61 and was diagnosed 4 years ago. I can remember how terrified I was. There is so much to understand and listen to, it is hard to take it all in. I underwent all the treatment chemo and radiotherapy and Tamoxifen for 5 years. I am now very well and went back to work a year later. Looking back now, I would say the treatment is very doable. If there is anything can help you with please post Dianne xxx