I am coming to my end of my journey done chemo..lumpectomy..next radiotherapy then I am done .hair is growing back great ..bloody grey ..but why now do I feel so tearfull when I am really happy ...i have always been in denial about cancer i worked throughout and felt like shit but full make up smile on carry on .when anyone asked I I felt .my answer great I good...but now I feel like I want to cry all the time feeling really low when I am such a positive. Person...but I really happy that all coming to a end ..xxxxx
Hello. I was a bit like you too. Worked throughout but now they making me redundant but crap people anyway. Didnt quite know what to do with myself.
Please Google for an article by Dr Peter Harvey called When the treatment ends. Its a handy pdf which has been found by many to be helpful. Its the only time to Google for info. I also did the Moving Forward course from Breast Cancer Now. You can register for it via their website. It was good but i think I did mine a little too soon after finishing treatment. It can be that your emotional and mental side is just catching up with the roller coaster of treatment. Perfectly normal I think x
Oww dear Sisters4,
I believe your feelings are natural and normal..... how I see it is.....
You have gone on a journey that you never wanted to go on or even imagined you'd be on..... From the day you heard those words, or, 'that' word the very person you are 'disappeared' she went off and left you to pick up the pieces. You were rushed along a path, maybe more like you had a ticket for a roller coaster ride that you didn't want to even go on. You have had down's and up's - waiting, not knowing how you should feel, people that you thought knew you that in reality have not go a clue at what you have or are going though.
Well you have handled everyone that has been put in front of you to get you through this, it as made you a strong person for yourself and lets you into an inside of how quick life can change and because of this you are really a better and stronger person.....
Now this roller coaster of a ride is starting to near the end of its journey the new you is only now taking it all in - all that has happened ....
and the tears.... well, I believe the tears are one for the relief of how far you have come (from having no idea as to what was going to happen) and also I believe the tears are grief, crying over the girl/person you once were.
The girl you once where is still there inside just a little fragile and needs time to recover and with time you will blossom once more.
This is my thoughts ..... I hope it helps you or anyone else reading this
Ps. Following on here is a link to the article Tired Minion referred to 'When treatment ends' by Dr. Peter Harvey....
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