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Just been diagnosed .......

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Hi all thought I'd introduce myself as almost a week ago I was diagnosed with lobular breast cancer, stage 2 and to be honest appart from my world turning upside down and nothing feeling real while more tests are done nothing has changed yet !

Well I say that, everything has really, and whilst I await my mri scan tomorrow to determine severity and course of action to be taken i feel a bit lost, a bit out of control of my own body and my emotions are all over the place and then I saw this site while again looking at more information ....... yes I thought I'll join that I'm sure there are people out there who are not going to say "don't worry or everything will be ok" when clearly I am and we don't know! 

I'm the grand old age of 50 and usually I'm the one sorting  others out its not me who needs sorting out so inevitably I'm not very good at this right now.

Sorry for the waffle and lots of words when all I was going to do was say hi ... but I'm sure there must be other people out there who must know this mixed up confused and out of control feeling I have right now ?? It would be good to hear that this feeling does pass as things move.along .......

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    hi.im 61,had breast cancer 10yrs ago and just had op for bowel cancer,got appt friday for chemo plan,think ive gone through all the emotions under the sun so i understand where you are,please try and take everyday as it comes and tell your nearest and dearest how you are feeling,its your time to have some tlc now,its difficult to rely on others  after usually looking after others but im sure they will feel better being able to be of some help to you,what you are feeling is so natural but this is a great site to be able to chat with people who understand

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    Hi there, and welcome, as Bonnie says,  to this lovely site where we all understand the emotional whirlwind a cancer diagnosis brings. I too had Lobular on one side (plus Tubular on the other just for good measure!) and had a two week wait for an MRI. In my case this just confirmed the original diagnosis and I obviously hope the same goes for you. Once you have a definate treatment plan you should start to feel a little less lost and tomorrow is another step towards knowing what they are going to do about it, and when. This of course can never come quickly enough but you will then have something to work towards instead of being in the dreaded limboland. Take each step at a time and try to distract yourself in between with some fun stuff if you can. I know that's far easier said than done and I would be lying if I said I wasn't climbing the walls at this same point myself but, hang on in there. Find something to do each day: a walk, coffee with a friend, watching a film, anything you enjoy to distract you while you wait. All the best for tomorrow and do let us know how you get on.  Take care  Sue xx

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