Cook65
10 years agoMember
Resentment
Hi all, well it's been 6 months since I finished cancer treatment but I am still undergoing rituximab infusions for another chronic illness that I have sufferred for 8 years. Throughout my cancer tre...
Wow, you have a lot of balls up in the air and it just isn't possible to juggle them forever. It has only been 6mths, how are you supposed to have really worked out what the your normal is? When I was diagnosed and before my GP handed me over to the merry go round of specialists, he sat me down and stressed that he did not want me returning to my previous high pressure life for at least 12 months after all of my treatment was finished as he believed we need to give ourselves ample amount of time to heal physically and emotionally without the constant medical appoints and interventions. At the time I had no idea what I was in for and kind of rolled my eyes at him but reading your post and the other treatment stories we all now get where he was coming from. I don't know your situation other than a vent at a vulnerable moment but I think I would have thrown a few major tantrums by now and demanded that the family step up. As uncomfortable as it might be at home for a little while you may need to use some tough love and set some ground rules, you are finding a new normal and you might need to insist your family also compromise to make this new normal a little manageable. Next time anyone makes comments about the state of the house say thanks for noticing I'm struggling, here is the duster, vacuum, and/or mop, that would be a big help. Hugs x We get it, but only you can change it. Jen