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I'm so scared - I need some positivity!

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Hi everyone,

Just thought I'd do a quick post - this is my first, but I've done a couple of replies.

Basically, I'm a 24 year old male waiting on my referral to the breast clinic with (what I think) is Paget's disease of the breast - that's all sorted, it's next Friday.

But over the past couple of weeks I've been starting to develop more pain in my legs and back - I think it might be down to peripheral neuropathy, and I'm so scared that my cancer's spread.

Does anyone have any advice for getting through this next week? Or any love or strength they could send over now? The pain is disrupting my sleep so I'm far from in the best place right now without the anxiety, etc.

I just want to cry, my life has been absolutely turned upside down and I'm terrified of having to put so much strain on other people.

Please send some positive vibes across!

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    Hi there ..

    Oh bless, it's really hard waiting for things to happen ..  my nephew has just had a masectomy  and lymph node removal .. and doing really well, just needs a bit of radiotherapy...

    Unfortunately there's no easy way round it... we've all been there .. it's a waiting game really .. for tests / results  / operations  / and treatments ... though we never get used to it ..  so 8ts just trying to keep as busy as poss .. and another thing is every pain we get headache/ backache/ upset stomach... we all get worried and over think it ... let us know how you go ...  Chrissie x

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    Thanks Chriss - a scary time isn't it, but I keep trying to think about the Bill Turnbull documentary on Channnel 4 a few weeks ago, where he says that if you've got enough love in your life, everything will be okay no matter what.

    Here's hoping I have enough love in my life! x

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