The Journey
No wonder they call it a journey - It can be a real bumpy road. The past couple of months I have felt like I am in some kind of crazy bad dream. I have had the 'lumpectomy' then the partial mastecto...
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hi all
I found a team of doctors that are excellent, each within their discpline, but there is the linking factor (& roller coaster) of our emotions that gets missed in the above scenario, and I believe that it is really useful to establish a [maybe new] relationship with a counsellor/ survivor/ religous guide/ this blog/ cancer helpline or shrink- which every you prefer!
That has knowledge of the cancer process to help You the person and your soul, get through this. There can be really dark Black days, or just teary days - its funny what can set you off, movies that aren't even sad, seeing happy people at the shops ~ without a care in the world? - that is tough some days!
but at least you can ring someone and ask, is this how it can be? is this normal? and what can i do ? what did you do? will it hurt again tomorrow? and to watch out for signs of depression. As I dont think its mentioned much, but having had a few (all sucessfull so far) surgeries they still seem to creep in few days afterward some really "down" days, which dont appear to be acknowledged by the pure medicos, so you need to have your own awareness of this, understand that it may be part of your journey and get some help from some qualified people :) family and friends are a great support of course, but some issues may be really difficult to discuss ~ so sometimes it may be easier with someone a little outside of your situation.
cheers B