Hello Sherona,
Welcome to our community.
Be sure to visit the section of our site for women like you -- women who are newly diagnosed and facing initial treatment options:
Just Diagnosed?
http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/just-diagnosed.html
Learn all you can about breast cancer and your individual diagnosis. The best way to make it through is to keep yourself educated every step of the way. It's then that you'll be able to make the best choices for yourself.
Write again soon. Let us know how things are going for you.
Best to you,
Maria
my b-day is dec. 26, too. I wil be 34 yrs old.I got lumpectomy done on 10/9 and i am gona go see oncologist today for chem.
i am gona be so sick on my b-day. I cried so much first week , i told myself I don't want to cry cuz, i am still here and alive. but last ngt i broke down and cried agian. I am scard to death too. i kept thinking what if this tumor comes back all over body, am i gona die, there's just so much thoughts all over mind. i kept telling myself that i am gona get haircut but I've been delaying for 2 weeks. I will get it cut tomo. you will be fine and i wil be fine. at least we are saving our breast. i feel so lucky and bless about that. I am reading a book called "why i wore lipstick to my mastectomy" and it is really inspring and funny. whenever you need to cry,let it out.
good luck
jessica