I know t seems like forever, but things will get better. Counselling can certainly help. I had some long term side effects that had me wondering about how achieve-able my old - "super busy and crazy" - life was. Counselling helped me recognize I was handling cancer fine, but that my super busy crazy life was more fun if I stopped imagining I was the only staff member capable of doing things, not working 10 - 12 hour days, and failing to look after my own enjoyment and (p)leisure time. It changed my life (counseling not cancer!) for the better. We all start off wanting our old lives back, because it's what we know and cancer is worse. But you can make it a means of improving your life, if you are lucky and determined. Best wishes.