My First Blog!

Hi Erin,

Like you, I have just completed 6 months chemo also and have Herceptin till November. I read about a typical response from women who when they complete chemo might have some anxiety resulting from the shock of previously having had so much medical attention through treatment to a feeling of being cut loose when it finishes. Even worse for those i think not having herceptin.

I feel like this, I also feel like I want a CT scan now just to check, and I have this pain in my spine....could it be? It is a very weird place to be in, on one hand im feeling silly and paranoid, but on the other hand, its the feelings of thinking something is not right that took us to the doctor in the first place.

Im still tossing up whether I will appraoch my GP to discuss how Im feeling. But i thought that after all the treatment and surgery is over we have CT scans or MRI yearly for Im not sure how long. I guess I have unanswered questions too.

You being so young, you poor thing, to being going through all this. I thought 40 was bad enough! They must have thrown everything they had at you re treatment and surgery, and so many things for a young women to consider/plan with having a family etc.

I have learned through this BC experience so far, that sometimes we just have to trust our medical team....but sometimes we need to take matters into our own hands and insist on whatever it is to settle our fears. Maybe its a second opinion, maybe its just a chat with a GP, maybe a session with the breast care nurse, maybe just blogging here on the network.

maybe i'll make that appointment with my GP......

Take care

Louise