http://cancerconnection.ca/groups/breast_cancer_survivors/discussion/2011/12/03/how-can-i-help-my-daughter-who-has-breast-cancer en-us Sat, 28 Jan 2012 07:37:35 GMT http://cancerconnection.ca/groups/breast_cancer_survivors/discussion/2011/12/03/how-can-i-help-my-daughter-who-has-breast-cancer?tr=176455#tr__176455 http://cancerconnection.ca/groups/breast_cancer_survivors/discussion/2011/12/03/how-can-i-help-my-daughter-who-has-breast-cancer?tr=176455#tr__176455 Just wondering how things are with your daughter -- has she been able to talk to anyone, come to terms with having cancer ... and having treatment.  Please know you are not alone -- we are all here for you and for your daughter.  Tell your daughter about this site -- it offers such support that you wouldn't get anywhere else -- everyone here has been touched by cancer, one way or another.  Take care.
Joanne]]> Sat, 28 Jan 2012 07:37:35 GMT Joanne_53 http://cancerconnection.ca/groups/breast_cancer_survivors/discussion/2011/12/03/how-can-i-help-my-daughter-who-has-breast-cancer?tr=171717#tr__171717 http://cancerconnection.ca/groups/breast_cancer_survivors/discussion/2011/12/03/how-can-i-help-my-daughter-who-has-breast-cancer?tr=171717#tr__171717 I was diagnosed in January 2009, a month before my 41st birthday. It was very hard to hear the news, but I went for everything the doctors told me. I even asked for double mastectomy right away, but the surgeon said no need - I wish I pushed for it, I don't want to take any chances of cancer coming back. Here I am 3 years later, feeling better that ever, which is very hard to believe at the time of diagnosis and treatments.
Your daughter will find her way to deal with this, she needs to take her time and make decisions without any pressure. Giving her as much information as possible and maybe getting her to join this forum and talk to survivors might help. There is also a peer support through the Canadian Cancer Society if she wants to talk to a survivor who had similar experience.

I wish you both all the best.]]> Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:32:05 GMT :) http://cancerconnection.ca/groups/breast_cancer_survivors/discussion/2011/12/03/how-can-i-help-my-daughter-who-has-breast-cancer?tr=171594#tr__171594 http://cancerconnection.ca/groups/breast_cancer_survivors/discussion/2011/12/03/how-can-i-help-my-daughter-who-has-breast-cancer?tr=171594#tr__171594 Being told you have cancer is a hard pill to swallow.  I was told on Sept 29th and had a scheduled bilateral mastectomy on Oct 20th. 10 days before my 41st birthday.  My mom and husband was by my side the whole time. I felt I could not go any lower, and surgery made a step to a better health.  I wanted the cancer gone!  I felt nothing and seen nothing, but being told it was there was scary.
I cried every day from Sept 29th to Oct 20, watched 2 sisters go through it and knew if I was beat this cancer I had to remain strong, positive and hopfully that it was caught in time.. I believe it was...
I told myself to put one foot in front of the other and keep going.....
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