What is the hardest and what is the easiest
I was trawling through the discussions as I do most 4am's and came to wondering what is hard and what is easier for each of us to deal with. I wasn't even sure whether to post this (so please take it...
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Ditto @Sister. How is this my life? I don't want these changes, physically or mentally. The emotional contortions to accommodate the changes scare me. You work so hard to reach a place of acceptance within yourself. By middle age it is hard won and well earned. And then BC...
I resent the sidelining that this illness has brought. I feel diminished and useless, a burden. I am the one who looks after everyone else!
I'm nervous about who I'll be, how I'll be, in the years ahead on the hormone treatment. I think the whole BC experience will make me more compassionate & humble which is a good thing. But I do worry about the core me. Where has she gone? Will she come back? Will I recognise her if/when she does?
Four months ago my breast surgeon told me this experience would change me. I am still struggling with this.
I resent the sidelining that this illness has brought. I feel diminished and useless, a burden. I am the one who looks after everyone else!
I'm nervous about who I'll be, how I'll be, in the years ahead on the hormone treatment. I think the whole BC experience will make me more compassionate & humble which is a good thing. But I do worry about the core me. Where has she gone? Will she come back? Will I recognise her if/when she does?
Four months ago my breast surgeon told me this experience would change me. I am still struggling with this.