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Treatment is over. Where did 'normal me' go?
I remember at the beginning of all this, when I was undoubtedly stronger and determined to fight and determined to be proactive in my treatment every step of the way, writing down a list of questions...
Nadi, the counselling and oncology rehab are different things. I did mine through Eastern Health. It is a relatively new concept and is not available everywhere yet. It is an 8 week program that you go to twice a week. They do exercise for where you are at, they do emotional counselling, they do work shops of things like the fatigue to give you strategies for dealing with it, they talk about pallative care (I always thought that was for people who were dying only but not so), they go through the effects of a diagnosis on yourself and those around you and we also talked about travelling and insurance after you have had cancer. It is a very worthwhile program and I would highly recommend it. I also do counselling which I have also found invaluable. I had 33 radiotherapy sessions and worked 4 days a week whilst having it. I look back now and wonder how I ever managed it.