Treatment finished
Well, after mastectomy & axillary clearance, chemo & radiotherapy my active treatment is finally finished. It's taken the better part of the year & I still have hormone therapy & a lot of healing to d...
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It takes a while for everything to settle down, @Molly001 I felt like I'd been spat out of a giant sausage machine--a minced, mixed and repackaged version of my old self. It's great to be through the whole process but the results are 'meh, not impressed'.
There will be a few things to deal with in the aftermath, but as the weeks pass those feelings of being abandoned subside. Not being tethered to an appointment schedule is a bit disconcerting and I've found that I have 'wasted' a couple of months just puddling around in circles trying to get some sort of rhythm and routine sorted out. I haven't done half the stuff that I promised myself I'd get sorted as soon as I was finished treatment. But I am slowly getting my shit together. It all takes time.
Yes, if you listen carefully you may think you can hear that time bomb ticking; I deal with that by creating a fair bit of background noise to distract myself. You will find your feet and figure out how to restart your life. Be kind to yourself now, the 'end' of treatment is a really tough and frustrating time for many of us. Good luck. Marg xxx
There will be a few things to deal with in the aftermath, but as the weeks pass those feelings of being abandoned subside. Not being tethered to an appointment schedule is a bit disconcerting and I've found that I have 'wasted' a couple of months just puddling around in circles trying to get some sort of rhythm and routine sorted out. I haven't done half the stuff that I promised myself I'd get sorted as soon as I was finished treatment. But I am slowly getting my shit together. It all takes time.
Yes, if you listen carefully you may think you can hear that time bomb ticking; I deal with that by creating a fair bit of background noise to distract myself. You will find your feet and figure out how to restart your life. Be kind to yourself now, the 'end' of treatment is a really tough and frustrating time for many of us. Good luck. Marg xxx