Member Spotlight: Why I Joined MyBCTeam

Do you bear in mind the precise date and the place you have been while you first realized that you just had breast most cancers? I’ll wager you do. Scary feeling, wasn’t it? Within 5 minutes of my prognosis, my thoughts was a whirlwind of ideas and questions. Who do I inform first? How do I inform them? When ought to I inform them? How a lot ought to I inform them? Why ought to I inform them? Even although I knew that my husband of 40 years could be by my aspect each second of this journey, and that he could be my major help, I felt utterly alone and scared to dying.

Having been an avid pc consumer for a few years, and an editor for novelists for the previous 25 years, my first step was to go surfing and attempt to study as a lot as I might about the kind of breast most cancers that I had. I really realized little as a result of I was not accustomed to the terminology getting used and fairly frankly, not a lot within the temper to study extra at the moment.

Even with my aggressive and outgoing nature, I couldn’t see myself sitting in a room, most likely in a circle, with ladies I did not know and speaking brazenly about … what? I knew so little then. I wished to study, however not that means. I did not wish to be regimented, having to be someplace at a given time on a given day to hearken to issues of different ladies and to share mine. During these starting steps in my journey, I actually did not know what I wished. I wanted a security web, however I did not know how you can get it. I wanted a secure place.

Researching on-line was not new to me, because it was typically essential when enhancing (accuracy of information, dates, and so on.) I checked out a number of on-line help teams for girls with breast most cancers, learn a couple of of the postings on totally different websites, and bought much more depressed. Everything appeared too inflexible and nearly chilly. Just information. Of course, I wanted that, however I additionally wanted heat and luxury.

The subsequent day, whereas ready to see my new oncologist, I chatted briefly with a younger lady who had accompanied her mom to the identical physician. She informed me about this pleasant website that her mom went to and the way a lot she had realized. She could not bear in mind the precise title, “Something like … BC Team or My Team,” she mentioned. I hit my pc as quickly as I bought house and it took solely seconds to search out MyBCTeam. I learn for hours.

Happy postings and unhappy ones. Women sharing extra info than I have realized from my medical doctors in seven months, particularly about medicinal uncomfortable side effects and the way to deal with this horrid illness. No want to make use of your actual title or establish your self should you do not wish to. Any display screen title will work. No criticism ever, simply encouragement and useful recommendation. Real recommendation from actual ladies who’re touring this troublesome journey, and they’re doing it along with unimaginable energy and beauty. There’s at all times somebody who will lighten the ache by posting one thing to smile about. That’s when I knew … This is the group I wish to be part of.

This article was written by MyBCTeam member Penney as a part of the Member Spotlight Series. Penney is a retired dance teacher, property supervisor, and novel editor who loves to remain lively and unfold positivity on MyBCTeam.

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