Breast cancer fear

@mygoodgirls

Dear friend:

I am saddened upon reading your post, my heart with prayers go out for you and your loving family...

Life throws curve balls at us from time to time, isn't it?! We all feel your pain and sympathize with your anxiety, for we all experienced this early stage of diagnosis of BC. Sometimes someone else's experience may reduce our own anxiety. In my personal case, my PCP found that mass of BC during my annual physical exam right at her office and referred me to diagnostic Mammogram and Ultrasound. Due to the fact that I have category D of dense breast, my annual Mammogram that was done 9 months prior didn't show anything abnormal. So my PCP drew a picture that clearly identified where that mass was located in her referring document. I am very grateful to my wonderfully caring PCP for her walking extra miles with me! In fact, the diagnostic Mammogram still showed nothing abnormal at that time, and the technician that performed the ultrasound told me that she couldn't see anything abnormal until she specifically focused on that exact spot that my PCP identified, then a MRI confirmed it later on. The gratitude in my heart provided me with peace of mind and calmed any anxiety in my heart, for I was grateful for my PCP catching this mass in time. You are probably in the process of researching and finding the best care team to treat you right now. I pray that you gain peace of mind by realizing that you've done everything in your control to take good care of yourself. Please be patient with yourself and your care team, and keep your daily life as normal as possible by doing whatever gives you joy and taking one day at a time. Surely you'll be fine by walking through this journey step by step with hope, peace, and love from above!

My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family, my comrade; you are not alone because you've found us and you have all of us behind you. Best wishes to you all on the journey ahead!

I am also obsessed with breast cancer since it is quite common. Most people will not have do deal with the cancer coming back; you only hear about those stories in the media and elsewhere. Good luck to you.

@ekorre It is true that a large percentage of breast cancer don’t recur, but that doesn’t really help if you are in that 25%-30% that have recurrence and eventually die from the disease.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9671998/
You said you are obsessed with breast cancer, have you had breast cancer in the past?

@auntieoakley no.

@ekorre It is true that a large percentage of breast cancer don’t recur, but that doesn’t really help if you are in that 25%-30% that have recurrence and eventually die from the disease.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9671998/
You said you are obsessed with breast cancer, have you had breast cancer in the past?

@ekorre get your mammograms.😁