Active treatment done, now what!!

@spillsy also I forgot what has helped me a lot also is daily one hour walks.I have never been much into exercise but find it helps a lot the way I feel emotionally  as well as physically helping with joint pain from hormone therapy.I bought a runners armband on eBay , asked my daughter to load my phone with music and off I go bugging out for an hour - the family accept it as my time and I try to do it twice daily if I can.

Thanks both, such good sound advice, it’s frustrating, I am going to try to start up slow,  I want to get back to everything at once!! But I know I need to take my time. 
I have got back reading novels, which is so immersive and 👍🏻 fitness needs some work.
I also have my surveilence mammogram/ uc booked in for mid nov, which will be nearly a year since diagnosis, ovaries are yet to be cut out, but I need a breather.... 

Thanks all again, such a supportive group

@Spillsy I found I needed to know other survivors as I needed to know I could and would get thru - that it would be ok.This blog , the YWCA program Encore and even a local breast cancer group all helped me make my first steps to recovery as they all got where I was at.I can’t explain how good it was to see fellow breast cancer patients out and about in my suburb getting on with their lives.It also helped to have people to share my stumbles with by talking on the blog or directly with others.For months after active treatment ends it is still a dominant thought in your mind and others who have not been there don’t get that.Eventually you ease back into the life you had before and it takes up more of your time but you are changed and it is ok .

I think we've all felt that, @Spillsy  -  check out this post I put up earlier today - it explains one lady's take on  it ....
https://onlinenetwork.bcna.org.au/discussion/19897/an-interesting-read#latest

Don't be too tough on yourself - it will take time (assuming everything goes 'on track'!)  Do the best you can - let people know if you aren't feeling up to doing stuff if they request it - I am finding it hard to get back into the 'social scene' with our friends ..... it all just seems too hard!  :(  

My 'anniversary of detection' is coming up in a matter of weeks - I'll be having another ultrasound (I had a mammogram a few months back so don't need that one.)  Then, my anniversary BS appointment in January!

If you DO have any hobbies or favourite past times - give them a go - slowly!  Build up to it.  If you are able to 'keep busy' - it will help keep your mind off stuff ..... I know just how important my kayak fishing and Ukulele group has been in keeping me 'sane' during the last 11 months ..... and is a continuing part of my recovery.  If I didn't have them - I'd have gone batty, I reckon!

All the best with your recovery - it does just take time tho. xx

Having a break with your loved ones is a great way to celebrate new beginnings. Accept that you need time and you will need more rest. I didn't work through chemo and returned on reduced hours initially. I needed a sleep every afternoon. 

If you are finding full time work too much consider reducing hours short term. Don't take on too much. Tell people if you feel at your capacity and keep great notes and to do lists as chemo brain takes time to resolve. I used to go for a short walk at lunch to give myself a mental break and to increase my fitness. 

I say I'm still recovering from cancer treatment. 2 years on...I still am. My fitness in exercise is still short  of my pre chemo fitness. I keep trying to improve it.