Hi, I am 56, mother & nanny and was diagnosed with lobular breast cancer stage 3 back last June. After surgery, chemo and radiotherapy I find I now need support to continue getting back to some kind of normality! I have always been so positive and upbeat I find myself doubting the cancer has gone, I’m so sure it will be back and cannot shrug that feeling something is still wrong. Is it usual to feel this way?
Hi Jules666
Welcome to the forum and sorry to hear that you had breast cancer. What you are feeling is perfectly normal. There's an article by a Dr Peter Harvey called After the treatment finishes then what which would be useful to read as it sums up perfectly how people feel after treatment. Here's the link to the article: After the Treatment Finishes - Then What? (workingwithcancer.co.uk). I've read it myself and found it very useful. If you have a Maggie's centre near you why not call in and have a chat with one of their volunteers about how you are feeling, they will be very understanding. You can also access support from MacMillan at the following link: Emotional, financial and physical help for people with cancer | Macmillan Cancer Support. They can arrange some free counselling sessions if you'd like.
Hope this helps somewhat.
Best of luck with the future.
Best wishes
Daisy53
You have lost the Teflon coating that protects us. We or I used to have that blind faith that we were ok. I've been winging it and hoping for years. I start radiotherapy tomorrow, just hopeful I will be ok when through it. I want to put some distance between this treatment and living the way I need and want to. Walking and dancing back to health, working out how to avoid the pitfalls of Letrozole.
It's my life and I will survive songs I love and my new mantras. My dance teacher calls me a warrior woman. I'd like to learn how to do the Haka, war dance to this dis-ease. I'll have to make do with Waka Waka for now, love that one on YouTube. Hope you find your way. Doing nothing is not an option. Baby steps till you find out how to. I'm still working it out.
