Help!! I'm a newbie.

So sorry that you have joined our club - but you've come to the right place.  This website is a treasure of information and support.

The chat rooms are live.  You just sign on and pick one to jump in.  I don't have much experience with them.  The few times I've been on they have been under-populated.

Members can send you Private Messages.  When you sign in, there will be a small pink number on the Private Messages tab showing how many you have.  Just click.

For me, these discussion boards have been the best.  I've learned so much about what to expect and what to ask my Dr.

Terror at night?  Yeah, that sounds familiar.  We function well during the day because we're women and we know we have to battle on.  You may very well have days when you feel like you are "falling apart."  We all process this differently, but process it we do.

Ask anything.  Feel any way.  You've landed in the middle of a group of women who get it and are ready to help.

Big hug. 

Sharingwithu-

well I am new too, got my Dx 9/10-baby sisters birthday is 9/11 and boy I couldn't tell anyone that day. I don't know your dx- mine is DCIS-maybe---we did an MRI and got confusing results and so I go back for an MR guided biopsy on 10/5- the patient navagator has not been made available to me until today so I have my 1st appointment with her tomorrow. i needed xanxa , an antianxiety, which ALL BC women should be given- not for ever but for a while until we get confirmed diagnosis  which takes some time and is a HARD time to turn off our brains. My BC surgeon would not give me any so my medical onc did as he is an angel and I have known him x 2 years. We talk here and and ask our questions and these pioneers angels are smart experienced women that have told me the absolute truth- I am a nurse and have had a hard time with this so hang in--- OH something I should tell you is that you only get 5 postings a day so collect your thoughts and then post- the first day I NEEDED so much help I posted like a crazy woman and then found out that I was locked out for 24 hours.

We are all so different and yet so alike- , I need answers to questions that don't even relate- and you know why? Because from one day to the next my dx changed- We have to take one day at a time- so hard for me to do this too, ASK for AN ANTI-anxiety and tell them what signs of axnxiety you have.i.e. not sleeping, not eating or eating constantly, diarrhea, fractured thinking or starting projects and ping-ponging to another without completing the 1st, yelling a family, kids, co-workers or yes even strangers , to prove your case, and notice how  many women have been on this sight for years- here to support themselves and others- Women are gerat= we might get BC but we stick together!

Hi sharingwithu,

I received my breastcancer news on August 13, 2009. A few days later I joined this site and I am so glad I did.  Reading some of the posts makes me realize I am not alone.  I underwent lumpectomies in both breasts because of LCIS, DCIS, and IDC.  I was not ready to have a mastectomy and one member of this forum made me realize it when I read one of her postings.  I am scheduled to start my radiation treatments next week.  I may have some type of reconstructive surgery on the left breast next summer as I am about a cup size smaller.  When I posted a question on reconstruction, I received so much good information and advice.  I have never accessed the chat rooms, but so many nice ladies have sent private messages my way which helped me work through my emotional mess.  I have come to realize that I will never be quite the same person as I was before my diagnosis.  This site is a great way to connect with people who truly understand what you are going through. Good Luck to you and don't hesitate to post your questions.