How should i feel

Sorry don't know how to edit last post should all be 2018

Hi Trish Lgt and welcome to this little corner of the Community.

First - to edit a post go to the bottom of your post, hit More then use the edit tool.

As you wait for a reply you could also want to post your question in our Breast cancer group as there a lot who hang around post treatments.

As to what the post treatment ‘normal’ is have a look at this great paper as it does unpack the post treatment milestones.

((hugs))

Thank you 

Hi 

I finished treatment for left breast cancer, having chemotherapy, op including taking nodes and then radiotherapy finishing last may.  

I was not told I was clear but just they think they got it all, nothing more, I have no feeling in my arm and shoulder they don`t seem at all worried about it and have pains in my breast and neck and shoulders all the time, which they don`t seem at all interested in either,  saying it is to be expected! 

I do find it quite surprising, I am also exhausted all the time and tried going back to work but have just decided I1m going to give myself some time, I think  returned to work too soon.

So yes I would say I feel the same as you 

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Hi Jackie65

Thanks for your reply. Im sorry to here that you are feeling the same although selflessly reassured that im not just being a wimp. 

I also went back to work as a waitress and bar work before the lock down but really struggled and have not been able to go back since.

I was also not told that i was clear just that I was high risk of recurring. The tiredness is my biggest problem but as you say they just seem to say  its normal.

Hope you feel stronger soon 

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Hi, I've just read the paper you recommended & wanted to say thanks. It made so much sense to me & helped make me realise what im feeling now the treatment is over is normal and all part of the recovery process 

DoubleDiamond, I see it’s your first post so welcome to the Community.

I am pleased that you found the paper helpful. I often think that most people believe that recovery is like flicking a light switch.

Months of diagnosis then treatment and then once it’s finished we should be able to jump back into all things normal ...... but as a lot of people come to understand this in fact is not how it works...... what is normal.

The recovery process is like climbing a mountain, it can only be done in section. Back in November one of my answers in the Life after Cancer group was made into a Community Blog - follow this LINK and have a look.....saves me typing it all out again and see what you think.

((hugs))