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Hi Lizzie, Welcome and I'm sorry you had to join this site but glad you found us. You have really been through a lot, no wonder you are so scared. You will get lots of great advice and support and met some wonderful people here. I know how hard it is having BC and not worry if you will get a recurrance or mets, I'm about 2 years out from last chemo and I think it probably took me a little over a year to not be so scared of every ache and pain. It does occasionally cross my mind but for the most part I just try to enjoy life and try not to think about it. If you wanted to talk to some ladies who are TN (triple negative) you could go to the upper right hand side where it says search and type in Triple negative ladies and it will take you to different threads you can click on. My daughter was TN stage/grade 3c and she is doing great now and is 3 years out. Being here will help to calm your fears and you will met a lot of ladies or men who are years out of there treatments and doing fine. The threads seem to run a little slower late at night or on the weekends I will check back tomorrow and bump this up so you can hear from a lot of caring supportive women. God bless and please keep us posted

Gentle hugs

Debbie

Hi Lizzie- glad you found BCO. You will get lots of support here. I know for me the first year was ruled by my need to get treatment and have surgeries and all the physical things done and now a year later my mind is kind of catching up and my emotions are all over the place. I have heard some on this site say it takes 2 years to really move on so I am hanging in there; glad to be here! Sending a hug your way!

Lizzie- I think what you're feeling is very normal.  I'm actually walking out the door in a few minutes to go to my GP to have some shoulder pain checked out which is not going away.  I can't help but worry if it's something more serious even though rationally I know it's probably not.  I think once you know your body is capable of making even one little cancer cell some innocence is lost.  I asked my Mom, who had cancer, if that worry ever goes away.  She said, for her, not entirely but it does get much, much better.  There is a thread that I'm on where we talk about the emotional healing after you're done with the physical healing.  There are some wonderful women on there.  I'll post a link in case you're interested in reading/posting.  The name of the thread is "Great saying about depression".  Don't let the title throw you.  It's not about depression as much as it is about healing.

http://community.breastcancer.org/forum/102/topic/759882?page=110#idx_3288 

Lizzie- My doctor appointment went well- thanks for asking!  She thinks I have arthritis in the shoulder.  (I thought that's what old people got- does that mean I'm OLD?  lol!)  She's sending me for an x-ray just to be sure and wrote a script for some PT.  I hope your pain gets better, but if not get it checked out if only for peace of mind.  Glad you're feeling better.  (((hugs)))

Lizzie- Just wanted to give you an update.  My x-ray came back normal (such a relief) and there's no arthritis (another relief) so now she's recommending PT for the shoulder.  Thinks it's just a soft tissue injury so fixable.  How are you doing?