Hi Ellah_S3 😔 I can relate! (Sadly) I was diagnosed in April with metaplastic triple negative breast cancer.  I’ve had 4 rounds of AC chemo (horrible) and now on 12 weekly rounds of Taxol. I’m alone too and have been alone for years.  it was hard to ask for support and I still do everything I can myself, but I am starting to sink into despair. the reflection in the mirror you describe is also me: bloated, bald, and be-scarred.  I get a shock when I see myself.  I never realised that Peter Dutton was missing his eyebrows and eyelashes as well as hair until I started to look like his sister!   Alone, discarded, not at all important - that also sums up my feelings.   i went to a Look Good Feel Better day with Cancer Council, but it only made me feel lonelier as everyone there had partners and. children. I think people on their own have different issues.  I wish there was a support group for single people!!! Somewhere to be open about these feelings without fear of being misunderstood.  Maybe set up a mutual help group… Anyway, I mainly just wanted to say I get it.  You’re not alone with these feelings.   I wish you brighter and happier days ahead, days where you don’t feel so alone…. thanks for being so open and honest.  It helped ne not feel so alone too!! ... View more

Hi Ana I can relate to your story! I was diagnosed with metaplastic TNBC in April and am still undergoing chemo (Taxol now). I have felt strong throughout it all too!! But I was reading this adult cartoon book “Cancer made me a shallower person” which I was really enjoying, it was making me laugh as I related to a lot of it. Then suddenly it all changed. Her cancer returns in the lungs and in the brain, which I’ve been told could happen to me!! I have felt anxious and depressed and angry too since then! I think what happened though is that I came out of denial. It all happens so fast! The diagnosis, chemo, operation, radio….I think it takes time to come out of the shock of it all. I hope you’re starting to feel better. You’re not alone in this x ... View more