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AI side- effects
Hi all, recently commenced and AI, and wondering if side- effects reduce over time. I was feeling pretty good, but since starting have had trouble sleeping, felt a bit down and stressed out and tired, achy hips and ankles and on an emotional roller coaster again, keep putting on weight... any advice or tips. Bloody Breast cancer is the gift that keeps giving. I also feel like I can’t multitask or remember stuff, it’s 1.5 years after treatment, for me, I think I feel pretty good, then have a set back....Re: Still feeling discombobulated!
Hello lovely, great to hear from you. i have let the fitness/exercise slip and know it should be a priority, then tiredness slips back in, i was doing well mid year, and feeling like I was making progress. good luck for your interview. i am off to Launceston tomorrow, but would love to catch up later this week. CRe: Still feeling discombobulated!
thanks for the encouragement everyone. For me the yellow is my heart 💓 trying to move forward, surrounded by the discombobulated body post BC. I will definitely look into art or ceramics or something else to try this year. It’s amazing what the posts on here can do to raise the spirits and make me feel in similar company. Thank you all.Re: Still feeling discombobulated!
Hi everyone, I went to a paint and sip evening last night, and it was the best therapy. This was my effort of ‘ Picasso’ dove in a Van Gogh style... as the artist teacher put it! Everyone else’s was all smooth colours and tones, so I reckon this was my discombobulated versionRe: Still feeling discombobulated!
Oh my gosh, what amazing, empathetic, and motivating responses, I love you women, you all get it totally and you know how to raise my spirits. Other people, I know, don’t understand, the turmoil and impact that cancer has on us. I have no idea who I am some days or what I want! I worked all through my treatment, with a bit of time off here and there, it certainly keep me ‘ normal’ but last year , I struggled with the ‘ you are all done now’ sentiments from friends and family as though it was a bad case of flu. I will set myself some Small achievable goals this year, and rejoice in the great things I will do! The losing ‘ friends ‘ hurts but I Know that I didn’t do anything wrong... they chose to lose contact with me when I needed people the most! thank u you have given me food for thought and motivation to get out of my slump. CxStill feeling discombobulated!
Hi everyone, I finished treatment, nov 2018, and tried to get my life back 2019, I feel like I take 2 steps forward then 2 back, and my the end of 2019 was feeling totally deflated again, fatigued, weight gain, unfit, constant dry mouth from radiotherapy, I think. Chemo fog and a reversion back into extreme introversion. I feel like I don’t belong anywhere, and feel so on the outside of friendships, have lost contact with lots of people, well, as I do hate being the cancer woman! lots of people dropped off, and I find it so hard when I run into them, as I really can’t be bothered with small talk. Bloody cancer the gift that keeps on giving!
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