Hi Coll

There’s a thread on here called the good and the bad which is mainly breast cancer people altho everyone is welcome to pop by. Most people on there have or have breast cancer in the last year. Whatever your questions, some one will have been there and done it. 

Have a look, we don’t only talk about cancer, handsome lamps and firemen with puppies have cropped up recently! Cake, other food and wine also put in guest appearances. We laugh and support each other whatever is happening. Hop by if you feel the need, there’s usually a few of us around altho one or two of is are at work during the day. 

Hi Coll2,

Sorry about your diagnosis.  The good news is that the statistics are very much on your side with it being stage 1 but I do understand your concern about treatment.  Those of us with cancer can tend to say "we weren't ill till we started treatment".

Rileyroo has pointed you towards a good thread which should help you.

I just wanted to say that my mum had her second bout of breast cancer in her 60s.  She was on the same chemo as I am on now and our responses were very different, which stresses that it really is impossible to know what to expect.  Her first bout of bc in her 40s she had radiotherapy and took that in her stride.

So on the thread you will get an idea of what can happen (and your oncological nurse will go over this with you before treatment anyway) but the problem with knowing what can happen is our brain can trick us into feeling certain ways.  I've used mind over matter a lot with the chemo nausea and on many days it has turned out I don't feel nauseous at all, it's been my brain assuming I should.

There are things you can start doing now to help how you cope with treatment and the side effects, I won't list them here but just ask if you want ideas, it can help your mental wellbeing to feel like you're taking some control.

Wishing you all the best and delighted you've been caught early.

LJx

I too have been diagnosed with aggresive ductal breast cancer, mine is stage 1/2 and has travelled to the first two lymph nodes. The first thing my consultant did after the biopsy results were back was to put me on hormaone therapy, so that I could have my holiday wth the family. I am taking Letrazole,10mg which I think is the normal dose. I have found it fine on the whole, I'm a bit hot and have hot flushes but that is because I was on HRT before so am now having meopausal symptoms. I did feel a little nauseous the first few days but that has worn off and I'm a bit tired but that could be the stress I guess. I will be on this for 10 years Ive been told and would be very happy if this was all I had to do! I'm starting chemo in a couple of weeks to try and shrink the tumour before surrgery.  I wish you well and I wouldn't worry about the hormone treatment too much.