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Paget's of nipple and other areas of breast
Breast Cancer | Last Active: Mar 7 10:11am | Replies (23)Comment receiving replies
Oh my goodness, how overwhelmed you must be without all the information and everybody throwing everything at you. I know this feeling, I truly have been there with my own breast cancer. 💔
Please try to breathe a bit. I know this is such a terrible time but can you just tell yourself that you can wait until all the information is gathered before you decide on the next treatment.
Since I had my initial cancer diagnosis 18 years ago, I can tell you 15 years since your friend was diagnosed was a lifetime ago in term of breast cancer research and improvements in treatments, especially radiation.
We have so many advancements in treatments it feels like I was treated during the bad old days.
Do you feel like you trust the team of doctors helping you now? Do you have support that you can sit and talk and work through some of the hard choices and emotions?
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Thank you Chris for your response and reminding me to take a breather. However, On top of all this cancer diagnosis I’ve been working on composing the eulogy for my fathers interment which is on Friday. I know that’s why I was feeling so overwhelmed yesterday because I wasn’t finished organizing all my thoughts and notes. I finally finished my final draft today at 3pm and headed straight to the therapy pool and then did a few laps followed by the steam room . I feel much better now and I have 5 days to practice so it’s all good. I’m trying hard not to think about the cancer now as I’m busy with preparing for our family celebration and packing to fly to Florida on Wednesday. I find that keeping myself busy and continuing my exercise routines helps me stop obsessing about what I’ll do after surgery because really I don’t have to make any decisions until the surgery is over and the pathology is complete. The waiting has been anxiety producing and all the information is confusing and overwhelming. Thanks for your virtual support and hug Chris I felt it