2 year all-clear, 2 year all-fear.
I've just had my second year check-up scans. It's always going to be so stressful. I've had a range of worrying new symptoms pop up over the last couple of months while on my Tamoxifen break, so I'...
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@"Patti J"
for those like yourself who are lifers with treatment so to speak it sucks also....
There are some of us who at the present time are LIFE after treatment ....
There are categories and groups for Mets ladies etc
What this would mean is that those of us who are presently finished active treatments (chemo & Rads).
We could have a category where we can vent and support each other without feeling like we are frightening the newbies..... It is hard enough when we are all first diagnosed to cope, without realising that we could/might have life long side effects from our treatments be it AI treatments or residual effects from RADS or Chemo....
BC is Shite and we all know it .... because the survival rate has gone up we now see more long term side effects in the survivors .... Are we happy to be alive and still with our families etc Hell Yes but it can be a real struggle for many.
I have a motto that "survivorship is hard a battle won every day..... "
@Marianne_BCNA
@Giovanna_BCNA
I like "Life after treatment - So Now What !!!"
But happy if it lets people understand in a heading what it is about.
for those like yourself who are lifers with treatment so to speak it sucks also....
There are some of us who at the present time are LIFE after treatment ....
There are categories and groups for Mets ladies etc
What this would mean is that those of us who are presently finished active treatments (chemo & Rads).
We could have a category where we can vent and support each other without feeling like we are frightening the newbies..... It is hard enough when we are all first diagnosed to cope, without realising that we could/might have life long side effects from our treatments be it AI treatments or residual effects from RADS or Chemo....
BC is Shite and we all know it .... because the survival rate has gone up we now see more long term side effects in the survivors .... Are we happy to be alive and still with our families etc Hell Yes but it can be a real struggle for many.
I have a motto that "survivorship is hard a battle won every day..... "
@Marianne_BCNA
@Giovanna_BCNA
I like "Life after treatment - So Now What !!!"
But happy if it lets people understand in a heading what it is about.