bl**dy breast cancer

[Tommy]

having seen one close friend through her treatment for breast cancer (she's coming to the end of it) I've just bumped into another friend today in Sainsburys who told me that she's got it too

Am feeling really angry and just wanted to tell someone

I'm sorry for your friends. Its a nasty disease but there is hope with Breast Cancer

Hi Tommy, Im so pleased to see that you have supported your friend through BC. Pretty much all my mates (and a lot of family) went underground when i was diagnosed last year. You really learn who is important and who isnt.

Ju -x-

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Ju - that's terrible I hope you're doing OK.

The woman I met today isn't a close friend but we've always got on well (she has DS the same age as my eldest and they were at nursery together)

It is all just so unfair - her DH's first wife died from cancer.

I guess all I can do is make sure she knows I'm around.
THanks for responding - on my own today and I needed someone to tell. I told DS3 but he wasn't that helpful

Hi doodledootoo and Tommy,

I had left mastectomy last year, 6 months of chemo, 3 weeks of rads, and more recently right mastectomy with immediate reconstruction, all before my 28th birthday. What a year! Thrown in for good measure a miracle pregnancy which i lost at 8 weeks and here I am again at 8 weeks so fingers crossed this time. Clearly me and DH v. fertile!! Thankfully DS is only 2 so isnt old enough to understand and hopefully not old enough to remember the rough times.

I have managed to stay positive throughout and am extremely grateful to DH who is younger than me and my parents and some members of DH family. My mum has had BC twice and is still here to tell the tale, unfortunately DH has different experience as everyone in his family whose had cancer has died. Told him he cant get rid of me that easily

hang in there Ju - will be thinking of you a well as my friends

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Ju - glad you are doing okay now. Shocked about what you said re friends going underground.

Sorry to hear about your friend Tommy - hope she gets good effective treatment and gets better soon. How is your other friend doing (the one completing her treatment)?

thank hmc - she's doing ok. She's having radiotherapy at the moment but everything seems to be going well.
She's had a crap time - 2 very young children as well - but hopefully she'll get through it all and no doubt come up smiling knowing her.

Doodledotoo - I had thought of sending a text in a day or two to let her know I hadn't forgotten her. We talked about her coming round for coffee and cake sometime - I am at home in the day and we live near each other so hopefully we can get together and I can let her know I am around if she needs me.