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Breast Cancer | Last Active: May 8, 2023 | Replies (117)

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@chrisoula

Thank you girls, hope all of us are cancer free through time!
You know, I might be more courageous now but I was horrified at first and didn't even realise it and I did many funny stuff! Now it's time that I make you laugh, ,,,, a lot! It took 2 weeks to realise that I had breast cancer because the first cytological examination refered to the situation as adenocarcinoma. My brain refused to understand and thought it was something similar to cancer but not it!!! 🤣🤣🤣 When I went for the first time in the oncologist I ask nothing, no question at all! And let me tell you what I did when I visited for the first time the mammologist! After he saw my examinations and took a sample of the tumor and the first lympho node, I asked him: "it could be inflammation, couldn't it?" 🤣🤣🤣 The poor guy was looking at me trying to think what to say! His assistant was looking at the floor and me was very mad at him for hesitating to answer and allow me to have hallucinations! It seemed like my brain couldn't or refused to comprehend what was happening! After a long time I realised that the situation was serious and I had to fight with all my heart and brain too. I desided that no matter what I would be a positive case ( not a survivor I don't like it), because I'm still young (55) and I have a lot of things to do andd see (my children marry, grandchildren, new work and of course a partner in my life)! Of course I've been fighting with stress, fear (especially in the 3 months tests), depression and insomnia! And of course there are good stuff too: I lost the weight I wanted for more than 10 years, I cut my hair very short and they're excellent (make me younger) and realised that I have important people in my life that really love me (family & friends) 😍
Sorry for the really long text, hope I made you laugh! 💖

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I cleaned up my diet and recent bloodwork showed me with the highest level of HDL cholesterol ever. Despite ice cream not yet on the NoGoList buy scheduled to be soon. And triglycerides excellent.

My cardiologist who knows about the Ice Cream Issue was really happy to see the HDL jump. I come from a family replete with early deaths from heart disease, and cannot tolerate statins, so this surprise improvement has motivated a new exercise regime as well.

You made ME laugh, lol. I've had a few moments when my brain took a quick nanosecond vacation on some tropical isle when it was both un- and dis-interested in making sense of Bad News.

My Bad News Biopsy was after a long history of mammograms seeing 'something' that was later found to be nothing. The radiologist was a tad curious about my blithe dismissal of (yet another) 'possibly suspicious area' in a breast. I finally understood that, this time, there was an area needing a biopsy and, when I explained my mammo history, she understood my seemingly breezy reaction. I think I might have seemed spacey to her for a few minutes though...

It has been less than 1 week since I have been diagnosed. Similar emotions! Trying to reframe my brain response as this is a bump in the road and I will come out a better person and really enjoy all the little moments going forward. I am a single Mom of a 19 year old boy who is not ready to be on his own! LOL courage, strength and grace is my new motto