Life After Breast Cancer

After being diagnosed with breast cancer no matter what treatment you subsequently undergo, looking after yourself is vital. However, experience has shown that no matter how busy or how many demands are placed upon your time, ways can be found to meet your needs.
Asking for help is not easy, but you can draw upon support and arm yourself with a group of friends, neighbors and colleagues, not forgetting family, who will respond. There are many societies manned mainly by survivors of breast cancer, ready to help you. Lists of these organisations are often available at your hospital or clinic &/or care workers' offices.




Don't be afraid to speak plainly about your illness to your partner and/or offspring - they will be able to see through any misinformation and may resent such an approach.
Ask your doctor about the various treatments available and the side effects and, if possible, the prognosis, - he will support you all he can.
Comfort can be gained by meeting patients with similar symptoms who have survived. You will perhaps form your own circle - this has found to be more positive than any available literature.
You are now moving on with the rest of your life. You've had all the necessary treatments and the long road to recovery lies ahead. It will take months, possibly years to feel confident again, BUT CONFIDENCE WILL COME!
Will it recur: - don't go down this road but if it persists, your answer is "I'll battle that problem should it arise". Always think positively. It is very very important to be happy and not dwell on the 'maybes'. Surround yourself with friends and loved ones, have dinner parties and outings where breast cancer is not the main topic of conversation. Perhaps you could become a counsellor for other like patients who have lived with the traumas associated with this disease. If you take other peoples' worries on board they tend to diminish your own.
Finally you will constantly say to yourself "will I die"? The good news is most women do not die from breast cancer and no two conditions are the same so they cannot be compared. If your "lump" has been detected early the prognosis is good. Just enjoy life and try to plan ahead for a fruitful and enjoyable future.




Also always remember research into forms of cancer is continuous and rapidly making progress. New discoveries using Stem Cell Research is remarkable and although still in its infancy is striding ahead and accomplishing astonishing results.

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