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Newly diagnosed IDC, 62 years old and terrified

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    Unhappy CSN Member Posts: 88
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    dianehelen said:

    Everyone keeps telling me to
    Everyone keeps telling me to stay strong. I have no idea what that even means. I'm just falling apart :-(

    I have never in my 62 years felt anything close to this level of fear and sadness.

    Ugh

    All the best to you newpath (what is your first name), you seem to have better coping skills than i do

    That's easer said then done to stay strong
    I tryed and throught I was but I would wake up in the middle of the night crying trying not to but it has took me almost 2 month to get over that and I still sometime take crying spell I try not let my husband see me but sometime it just happen.I begining to think that is a normal responce to breast cancer .Fear and sadness seem to go along with it .When I started to talk about it it is getting better so keep talking .
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