Aches and pains

I'm not sure..I went through the same before I had my op.   I now look at it like a control thing... you can let this consume you or you can say cest la vie.  Your angst is wasted energy because you cannot control any cancer...so take control where you can.   I have the odd worry about this but I try focus my energy on positives.  Hope this helps x

Hi there,I think it’s only natural to think like this at times. I agree with Why and try to focus on the positives even though some days are easier than others xxx

I'm not sure whether this fades in time. I finished main treatment (chemo, lumpectomy then rads) in April 2021 and I still feel like any pain is the cancer coming back. I have been for 2 scans in the last year, 1 for a lump and 1 for pain. Luckily both OK, and the advantage of having had cancer is that you do get seen and taken seriously.

It's hard to trust your body again once you've had cancer, and I had it mid-40s so a bit of a life changing event. I also know people who put off going to the doctor with aches and pains and then it was too late, so I think it is a balance of living your life and going to get checked out.

With pain, I tend to wait a few weeks to see if it fades and was likely muscular - pretty much everything has apart from the pain I got investigated. Once it fades, I assume it's been nothing.

I think it is really normal - right now am waiting for an X-ray report to come back to investigate a persistent pain. I tend to sit on things for a few weeks before calling my BCN. I am scared of recurrence and all that it means. As the weeks pass, I think about cancer less, but do still ask for things to be investigated if they persist. It is hard to balance living life in the present, whilst having a healthy awareness of when something matters enough to call the BCN or doctor.