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Cancer: Being diagnosed during the holiday season

Breast Cancer | Last Active: Jan 17 10:06am | Replies (26)
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@blondietoad

Thank you for posting this! It’s been a tough holiday season here. Got my diagnosis during Thanksgiving weekend. Since then it’s been a lot of Dr appointments and traveling back and forth to Mayo. I also feel like it’s bad news after bad news as more tests are run and I get my treatment plan. I feel like cancer robbed me of precious time with my family as one of the few times we all get together is over the holidays. We still got together, but I had to leave for a day and a half to go to Mayo, and it seemed like every conversation revolved around my cancer. Nice to know there are others feeling the same way, though not nice that we’re all feeling this way :). I’m hoping to start treatment this week as soon as my insurance finally approves my pre-surgical ACT (T weekly for 12 weeks, then AC every other week for 4 treatments).

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rhongirl | @rhongirl | Jan 16 9:15am

@blondietoad I'm so sorry your diagnosis happened around the holidays. It makes sense that conversation would revolve around your new diagnosis. People genuinely care. I just remember not wanting to talk about it (in depth) to many others. I was still adjusting myself. But a cancer diagnosis thrusts us into the limelight, for sure.

I had the same regiment as you are beginning. I ended up taking only 11 weeks, as the neuropathy began to take hold, but the last four week of AC was fine. You can do this. Week by week. Hugs. 🙂

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