depression

Hi Dianne

I'm  so sorry you are feeling so low. Apparently it is not unusual to feel like this once the treatment is finished. You finally have time to take in everything you have been through. This can also be the same for the people around us. Perhaps your son is not coping with everything you have all been through. 

Go to see your go and see if you can get a mental health plan going. Organise some counselling and discuss how you are feeling. The whole bc experience is like an onion (to quote Shrek). It has so many layers and can effect everyone differently at different times. Hopefully the doctor and a counsellor will be able to give you strategies to deal with how you are feeling. They may also be able to give you some insight into how those around you are dealing with things. It could be your son is not coping or maybe he is just sick of hearing about it. Who knows? Maybe he thinks you should just be over it but unfortunately bc impacts on everything and it's not that easy to just shut the book and say that treatment has finished so all is good and just move on. Be kind to you. Hang in there. Karen xox