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  • Back to work....post Breast Cancer

    FormerMember
    FormerMember

    Well I am fit enought to go back to work part time and I had my first two afternoons last week.It feels very odd as obviously I have been in a protective bubble for the past 11 months.

    My life has completely changed and I am a 'new me' who hasn't figured it all out yet.

    I feel like a square peg in a round hole...part of me doesn't work properly due to treatment...my brain doesn't retain information and my…

  • Feeling happier today...

    FormerMember
    FormerMember

    At last I have finished all my treatments! I have been through a tough year and am relieved it is at present all over....I have been a brave soldier and not really said much to anyone so have ended up with depression which is now being  treated.

    I wish I had tried to speak to the people that offered to help and let the people who wanted to visit even though I thought I looked awful because of the chemo etc....it was just…

  • And what now??

    FormerMember
    FormerMember

    Today I finished my Breast Cancer treatment...hooray!!!.....or is it really??

    I have been on this journey all year...lumpectomy..auxilliary clearance...18 weeks chemo...split with partner of 6 years....5 weeks radiotherapy...Tamoxifen...side effect is finally depression and now I am released into the world again.

    I am frightened....I have not had to organise myself for the last 8 months and although I have waited for…