Good evening, I haven’t messaged for ages. I finished treatment for breast cancer in September 2021. 4 years cancer free and so grateful. The problem now is how can my body still feel so battered and bruised 4 years on. I’m tired, my body aches, I feel old and half the person I once was. My relationship with my husband has lost all intimacy as my body doesn’t crave that affection any more. Is this normal??
This is so me in away ,i have good weeks and bad days ,just feel like curling up sometimes and want silence,then when i feel ok there is nothing there just a void ,the pain in my ribs bring my good weeks crashing down,is this normal ?? i dont know,everybody has different stories to tell,but were still here,still aching,still having 2 naps a day tiring,but were still here,is this the norm are there silent BC people out there just getting on with life in silence,probably there cant be just 2 people.kind regards
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