New to group but coming to end of treatment

Hi Bammie  I am not at all surprised you are feeling this way. Chemo is a long slog and is cumulative, and it’s normal to worry about surgery. Try to make sure you celebrate the end of chemo, things do improve fairly quickly physically. I am not sure what sort of surgery you are having - I had a wide area excision and sentinel lymph node biopsy and found that easy to recover from - similarly my 5 days of radiotherapy. I also have TNBC but am not sure where I am on my journey as I now have a small secondary on my liver which is being removed through microwave ablation next week. I was diagnosed in February and have had surgery, 24 weeks of chemo and the radiotherapy. . 

Hi Bammie  I think it's absolutely normal to feel anxious. Horrid as chemo is, it's now familiar to you and the surgery is another unknown. Like you, I had chemo then surgery, so was able to have a less invasive surgery as the lump had shrunk.

It's maybe worth trying to do some things that you really enjoy between now and surgery and be kind to yourself, take some time to let you body recover from chemo. I keep busy as it keeps me from thinking and I know distractions help me, but we're all different and we respond in different ways.

best of luck for your surgery 

Hi, 

Thank you for your reply.. i'm having a similar operation, but luckily the tumor has responded to Chemo so it's a lot smaller now than what it was to start with.

I hope your microwave ablation goes well this week.