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Feeling overwhelmed
Hi thereAll I am 59, happily married, have two adult children. One grandson and baby no 2 due anyday now... Had surgery last week for lumpectomy and Sentinel node biopsy. Everything went well ...
Hiannabody67 andMelG67 thank you for sharing how you are feeling. I feel it is okay to be sad and overwhelmed, especially when you have had another horrible experience with the disease, it would be something that rocked your world. I am pretty hopeless at sitting with my feelings of sadness and unfairness - I spend quite a lot of time distracting myself away from personal reflection and will do any other things to avoid them!
I do however, keep a gratitude journal- just for me - to see or remember the things I take for granted- that I once didn’t have. Eg 2 years ago I could not have cleaned my teeth with my electric toothbrush because the ulcers I had from chemo were so painful. Now I can.
I think it’s okay to feel how you do.