On the 1st March it will be 1 year since I had my Stem Cell Transplant thanks to my Sister being a match. I have had the amazing news I’m in remission and they are happy with my results however I still have this niggling feeling I can’t shake. I know I am doing well but my body still aches and creaks and this worries me even though the Drs say it’s normal as I’ve got to rebuild my muscles and let my bones repair after what they’ve gone through but I feel having these worries are effecting me mentally. I have talked to a Well-being therapist and called the McMillan helpline but I can’t seem to shake this worry and it’s affecting my attitude to getting up in the morning. I feel that after nearly a year I shouldn’t have this attitude as I’ve been given the gift of life after Cancer and sadly I know many who haven’t. Can anyone recommend something I could try to get my head around what’s happened and give me the umph to be grateful.
Hi again DisneyDiva and well done navigating your first year.
The Allo SCT journey is a hard one and as my consultant said,!going through treatments like these is like doing a boxing match and a marathon every day over the months of treatments and this was done without any training.
Think doing the London Marathon without any training and you had to finish it as your life depended on it……. this is the journey you have been on so it most likely will take much longer than you would think to get back to some normality - it took me a good 2 years and I was 60 at the start of my second SCT recuperation.
I attended a post cancer circuits group at my local Maggie's Centre as and this helped me a lot both physically and mentally.
