Very depressed
Hi everyone, in January I was diagnosed with early stage breast cancer. I had a masectomy to remove the 2 small, grade 2 tumours. Both my surgeon and oncologist said I I do not need radiotherapy or ch...
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Hi Jay,
Sorry to hear you are feeling so lousy. I'm not on any of those drugs so I can not speak in regards to them. However, I was speaking to my pschcologist the other day and she was saying that it is not unusual for women to struggle when their treatment is finished (or in the more maintenance phase such as tamoxifan). Basically it all happens so quickly and then we are thrown into treatments and we do what we have to to get through what we need to. Once things quieten down we start to realise what we have been through and all the implications associated with it.
There is no reason why this happens to any of us. None of us deserve it. It is a disease and it doesn't discrimiate unfortunately. It just is what it is.
You need to speak with your doctors about how you feel and look at a plan to help you deal with things, whether through changes to your current medications, counselling or perhaps antidepressants. Try to change your thinking around in regards to being monitored by your specialists for the next 5 years. By doing his, if there is a reccurance, it will be caught early. You are getting the best possible care available. None of us have any say in how we will die or when, we just have to make the most of the time that we have. Take care and I hope that you start to feel more positive soon.
Karen xox