BREAST CANCER... THE WAITING...PARKLAND...CHEMO AND DEPRESSION

brannonjw

Well since my last entry lots has happened two mammograms two biopsys one lumpictomy they found cancer ....had mastectomy still dealing with pain thank god for hydrocodone ....waiting to find out about chemo.... will be doing hormone thearpy.....PARKLAND in dallas has been very good to me but there so slow the waiting is killing me ...plus on top of it all need to find a job that will allow for many doctors visits and the effects of what ever treatment they decide .....I can tell you one thing as a male with breast cancer shunned by komen and all the other breast cancer orgs ACS has nothing for men its very depressing and the long wait at parkland isnt helping anything in my life im very much on the edge right now and theres just not that much hope......sorry about the ranting but i needed to blow off some steam.  

ProudMom_Wife

brannonjw - Sorry, I don't mean to intrude on the Male Breast Cancer forum, but wanted to let you know to rant away.  That is one of the benefits of this community.  We can be honest and get rid of stuff which has been building up and feel safe about not being judged.  Continue to be an advocate for yourself and the one thing I learned to move things along a little quicker was to always be a nice, smile and ask how the folks behind the desk were, and for some reason there were always new openings that would come up.  I have also brought baked goods to share with the doctor's office and it seems to help with developing a good relationship with the support staff, at least that is the impression I got.  Once your treatment plan is established and you start in on it, you feel like you have a more control, at least that is what happened with me.  Best wishes and hang in there.

TectonicShift

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