Hi LeaW

Just accepted your friend request and thought I'd have a little look and see what stage you were up to treatment wise. I know these first few weeks before treatment started were the worst for me personally and getting reassurance and help from ladies on here was so much help to me.. Im 40 and was diagnosed in July with breast cancer. Iv 2 lumps one was about 22mm and the other 8mm, stage 2. I'm having chemo before surgery which I started in August and Iv just had my last lot of the first type of chemo I'm having today.. I'm then having an ultra sound to see if it's shrinking it then I'm moving into a different type. Any questions you want to ask me please feel free to fire away. I would reiterate what the other ladies on here have said.. look after your body and yourself, think of what your putting into it.. lots of water, lots of fruit and veg to give your body the strength it needs. 
Have you been on the breast cancer care forum?? There have chemo threads on there for each month.. so if your starting it this month you can jump in with other ladies that are too and share your progress and tips and just chat with them really. I'm in the August 2019 chemo starters but there's one for each month. It's been a real help to me chatting to ladies that are all going through the same as me.

sorry if that's all a bit much to take in  

sending hugs your way 

Lisa xxx

Hi Lisa thank you for the response, it's helped. Yes the anxiety is real at the minute. I've had my mri today, clip fitted & pic line next week then chemo starts next Friday 25/10, really cant wait to get started with it, haven't been on the breast cancer care forum, how do I access it?? Xx

Hi Lisa thank you for the response, it's helped. Yes the anxiety is real at the minute. I've had my mri today, clip fitted & pic line next week then chemo starts next Friday 25/10, really cant wait to get started with it, haven't been on the breast cancer care forum, how do I access it?? Xx

Hi I'm so glad it's helped you. I totally get you it's all very scary and I'll tell you what everyone told me because it really is true that once youve started your treatment you'll feel more settled in the way that you feel like something is actually happening. I too have clips/markers in also. Just google breast cancer now forum and you can sign up for it. They'll already be an Oct thread going as some ladies will already of started there chemo so if you just search Oct 2019 chemo starters you can jump in with them. Other ladies like myself can also pop on from earlier ones and give you any tips and help that we have found helped us. I find I don't sleep great the week after my treatment due to the steroids which is why I'm replying at this time! I've slept from 10.30 until now though so that's a bonus haha I usually read for a bit then that gets me back off. I'm been having mine every 3 weeks and found after 7 days Iv started feeling more myself, definitely after 10 days I'm pretty much back to normal. Everyone is so different though so just listen to your body and rest or sleep when needed. Iv found this so hard as I'm usually a million miles an hour all the time. Working full time. Gym. Kids. 
alwsys here for any advice or even just a chat 

Lisa xxx