Hi, I was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer in September 2024 and started chemotherapy in November 2024. My tumour is reducing in size, from 27mm to 12mm, treatment is going ok, side effects aren’t great but they are bearable. I had a difficult time at work when I got my diagnosis, my employers ignored me and wouldn’t discuss my situation or how they could support me, until I told them I was considered disabled. It’s been a real roller coaster getting to the point I am at now. But now I am in such a low mood nearly every day, I have insomnia, I am tearful most of the time, I have spent the last 2 months laying on the sofa watching tv, I have no energy to do anything at all, some days I can barely get dressed. I have a very supportive family and husband. I just feel miserable all the time. I had to suddenly stop taking hrt, so I realise I am coming to terms with a lot, the diagnosis, the treatment by my employers, the lack of hrt, the side effects of chemo. Buy I just cannot shake this off. Some days I just think what is the point in having treatment. Who would I go to for help with this? I did burst into tears in one of my chats with the chemo nurses and I tell them that I feel low but they just say I should be making an effort to do things. Can my usual GP help me?
