Post Treatment Letdown
I am just over a year from my initial diagnosis of breast cancer. I had a lumpectomy and node clearance a week after diagnosis, started 6 months of chemo about 4 weeks later, radiotherapy about 6 week...
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HI @Cory51,
It blows you away after all the active treatment ends. All the goal posts have been ticked off and you are like....now what. It's a pretty normal part of the rollercoaster. To be perfectly honest, I never once entertained the thought that I would not be ecstatically thrilled and return to my "normal" life. And, of course I was going to make every minute count and be happy happy happy with a "second chance". I should be grateful, right? What a rude shock survivorship turns out to be at the start.
The libido thing, well that's just sad and depressing. I jump on and off my medication regularly and a big part of that is to stop feeling numb in that respect.
The rest of it does improve a bit with time, but it does take a while.
No body else will really "get it" their natural thoughts are that your treatment is over and now you are better and back to being yourself.
We know where your at, this unexpected feeling of drifting not quite knowing how to "recover" or move forward. The where did the old me go? She's in there and slowly but surely with a bit of tweaking of things and a lot of ups and downs she'll be back.
Big hugs lovely lady.
xoxoxoxox
It blows you away after all the active treatment ends. All the goal posts have been ticked off and you are like....now what. It's a pretty normal part of the rollercoaster. To be perfectly honest, I never once entertained the thought that I would not be ecstatically thrilled and return to my "normal" life. And, of course I was going to make every minute count and be happy happy happy with a "second chance". I should be grateful, right? What a rude shock survivorship turns out to be at the start.
The libido thing, well that's just sad and depressing. I jump on and off my medication regularly and a big part of that is to stop feeling numb in that respect.
The rest of it does improve a bit with time, but it does take a while.
No body else will really "get it" their natural thoughts are that your treatment is over and now you are better and back to being yourself.
We know where your at, this unexpected feeling of drifting not quite knowing how to "recover" or move forward. The where did the old me go? She's in there and slowly but surely with a bit of tweaking of things and a lot of ups and downs she'll be back.
Big hugs lovely lady.
xoxoxoxox