My story
Hi, I am in my ten month after having my surgery July will be a year. I have had up and downs with pain as I had a lumpectomy and had a small amount of fluid not enough to drain just give me grief, I...
Forum Discussion
Zoffiel nails it again - I had much the same feeling about support groups. I felt I was handling my own issues not too badly but didn't feel like coping with other people's experiences as well. But when facing my third reasonably serious side effect in seven weeks, I did seek some guidance. A really good counsellor clarified that I was actually dealing with cancer pretty well but wasn't dealing with the fact that the "normal" working life I was keen to maintain was pretty crazy! Cancer has an interesting habit of throwing up the secondary plots in your life - hard to manage it and treatment, and sail through ropey marriages, difficult sibling relationships, batty working practices! For me it was a good thing to deal with, but it can be awfully hard for some.