Hi yes I’ve had my flu and pneumonia jags. Unfortunately the nurse recommended my kids had the injections instead of the live vaccine so I felt a little guilty about that!

ive had 3 fillings at the dentist - eek. They weren’t major but she wanted to make sure everything is as healthy as possible. 

Theres no way I’d be making my work, im a care assistant in a residential care home. I’m exhausted at the end of a shift on a normal day never mind chemo haha. Oncologist said no way too because of the infection risk.

i will do! I’m hoping it’s all more easy going than what’s in my head xxx

Hi Lvp84

So sorry to hear about your diagnosis.  I know it can be t terrifying. The more you try to calm your mind,the faster it seems to run away from you. Unfortunately yes, our minds tend to lean towards the negative. I was convinced it had metastasized,felt actual pain,etc. that is how powerfull the mind is.  Allow yourself to process this and be kind to yourself. It is normal to feel fear for the unknown and if you reject the fear ,it just gets bigger.

I just finished radio 2 weeks ago. Diagnosed Feb,lumpectomy and axil lymphnode dissection -March and started chemo April. 

3 Sessions of EC , only side effect had was heavy constipation for the first 7 days and fatigue. They give you pre meds to combat the side effects, which makes it doable. My second set of chemo was harder because I had docetaxel and carboplatin(BRCA 2). It was tough but what really helped was green smoothies on an empty stomache; I mean with the recovery. Tried to push the nutrients as much as I could.

Will keep you in my prayers. 

PS I would say stay away from google,to be honest;I am done and yet I still google, so I get it.

All of the best,let me know how you get on.

I'm the warden of a residential home for the elderly, my onco warned me to stay away from my residents....I did try but sometimes I really had to visit them...but I made sure I wore my surgical mask lol.....xx

Thank you for replying and sharing your experience, you're right about the more you try to stay calm the faster your mind runs with you! Glad to hear you've faired well it seems ️

the waiting is definitely the worst, waiting to hear what treatment will work on me following the biopsy, keep thinking I'll get triple negative..guess I need to start getting used to not having the full picture.

Hi Lvp84

Just checking in to see how you are holding up with your treatment ?

Hope and pray you are okay?

Wishing you the best

Nadia

hi lvp84

I'm 32 and diagnosed at the beginning of january with idc mines er and pr positive my hers2 has come borderline for both tests, I had lumpectomy and sentinel node friday the 7th so have to wait for all my results combined which is 26th of this month before I get my treatment plan. like you I've no family history of breast cancer and statistically dont fall into that category ( weird ) I know I'll need 10 years of tamoxifen and also rads but they are unsure of chemo yet until they get everything back, my stage is 1 and provisional grade1 though this may change once we get all the results back, I'm hopefull that mine was caught early that's all any of us can hope for 

fingers crossed for you Charlie x