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kezmusc
8 years agoMember
One year today since diagnosis. Reflections and what do I do now.
Hello lovelies. I woke this morning to realise that it is one year today since my BC diagnosis. My goodnes, how time flies. Although sometimes this trip feels like it never ends. Yep, one whole ye...
Afraser
8 years agoMember
Ah yes, it's a pretty normal stage in the process. Congratulations on one year, it's a big step forward. I changed my job after one year, went to a 4 day week (I was 68!), joined a gym and worked on the suggestions of a beneficial short stint with a counsellor several months before to NOT resume my normal life. That didn't mean giving up almost anything, just not crazy work hours, frenetic overloading as the norm and weekends that were mainly about recovering enough to start the next week! I rediscovered film, have joined a local choir, stuck with the gym, still work and enjoy it, travel as much as I can. So much of cancer is about trying to get back to the old life. I finally found that building the new life was better, in almost every way. If I hadn't responded to a sore breast, no lump, I might never have met my two grandchildren. What next? Could be almost anything you want. Best wishes.