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Dyannah
Dyannah Member Posts: 52
edited October 2018 in Just Diagnosed

is it possible to feel more stress after being told you have cancer than waiting for all those tests

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  • gb2115
    gb2115 Member Posts: 1,894
    edited October 2018

    I would say the entire situation is stressful, but the stress definitely does not decrease once you get a diagnosis.

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  • Sjacobs146
    Sjacobs146 Member Posts: 770
    edited October 2018

    This is really the hardest part, the time between diagnosis and treatment plan. Now you know that you have cancer, but not to what extent. Your mind goes wild with possibilities. Once treatment gets under way, you'll calm down. Once you know what you're dealing with and start fighting, it gets easier to bear

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  • PurpleCat
    PurpleCat Member Posts: 358
    edited October 2018

    Hard to say. It's all pretty stressful. Waiting for the initial biopsy was hard, but at least there was still that chance it would turn out benign. Now it's that timeframe when that hope is gone but I still don't know exactly how bad it is, what treatment will be, when it will start, when it will end. I'm clinging to what SJacobs said above, and what others have told me.

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  • edwards750
    edwards750 Member Posts: 3,761
    edited October 2018

    It’s all stressful. Maybe once you know what you are dealing with it’s a bit less but if it’s more aggressive then the stress level escalates again. Unfortunately being branded with the C word means a lifetime of anxiety. As the years go by it’s less worrisome but the fear factor is always there.

    I am 7 years out last August and while I don’t focus on it so much I do go into panic mode before an annual mammogram because there are no guarantees.

    Breast cancer doesn’t define us so we can’t let it control our lives by living in constant fear. Time does help. From the time I was DX until my final radiation treatment I was in a bit of a fog going through the motions. I didn’t really understand that my stats were encouraging because I was clueless -all I knew was I had BC. I don’t think the enormity of dealing with this disease hit me until my treatments were over.

    You will get all kinds of sage advice about one day at a time and taking anti-anxiety meds to cope. Do what’s best for you. We all have BC but we aren’t the same in how we manage our disease. There are no right or wrong answers.

    Good luck! You can do this.

    Diane


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  • Dyannah
    Dyannah Member Posts: 52
    edited October 2018

    Thank you all for answering

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  • msphil
    msphil Member Posts: 1,536
    edited October 2018

    Hey sweetie the diagnosis was soo hard for me it was during our planning our 2nd marriages but was also anxious for treatment to start. But with Hope and Positive thinking plus faith I am now a 24yr Survivor Praise God it is Possible. Hang in there. msphil idc stage2 0/3 nodes 3mo chemo before and after Lmast got married then rads 7wks then Honeymoon then 5yrs on Tamoxifen

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  • Carol2018
    Carol2018 Member Posts: 22
    edited October 2018

    A lot say the worst is waiting for diagnosis. But there is still hope for non-cancer during that waiting period, so I don't think that is necessarily true.Yes, once diagnosed, the reality is that you been diagnosed with cancer. It is still hard for me to accept. Once diagnosed and staged, one comes to terms with it but it takes a while, at least for me. I am on the other side of treatment, until my next mammogram. I agree with all these posts, it is all stressful . Chin up, we are all in this together. Stay strong my friend. I hope you have a benign diagnosis for real.

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