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Still feeling discombobulated!
Hi everyone,
I finished treatment, nov 2018, and tried to get my life back 2019, I feel like I take 2 steps forward then 2 back, and my the end of 2019 was feeling totally deflated again, fatigued, weight gain, unfit, constant dry mouth from radiotherapy, I think. Chemo fog and a reversion back into extreme introversion.
I feel like I don’t belong anywhere, and feel so on the outside of friendships, have lost contact with lots of people, well, as I do hate being the cancer woman!
lots of people dropped off, and I find it so hard when I run into them, as I really can’t be bothered with small talk.
I finished treatment, nov 2018, and tried to get my life back 2019, I feel like I take 2 steps forward then 2 back, and my the end of 2019 was feeling totally deflated again, fatigued, weight gain, unfit, constant dry mouth from radiotherapy, I think. Chemo fog and a reversion back into extreme introversion.
I feel like I don’t belong anywhere, and feel so on the outside of friendships, have lost contact with lots of people, well, as I do hate being the cancer woman!
lots of people dropped off, and I find it so hard when I run into them, as I really can’t be bothered with small talk.
Bloody cancer the gift that keeps on giving!
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- I'd hang it on my wall! K xox
- Good to read @Spillsy! Best wishes as you nurture your artistic strengths
Take care - thanks for the encouragement everyone. For me the yellow is my heart 💓 trying to move forward, surrounded by the discombobulated body post BC.I will definitely look into art or ceramics or something else to try this year.It’s amazing what the posts on here can do to raise the spirits and make me feel in similar company.Thank you all.
- Hi Spillsy, that’s fantastic! You might want to look into an art therapy group. It helped me.
- You have captured the vulnerability of diagnosis and all that goes with it. Something about the back moves me and yet there's also a sense of strength. Please keep painting!
- @Spillsy
Getting stuck into some form of artistic expression is the best therapy for discombulated states. My sewing room has saved my sanity countless times. No sipping though, as there is a trudge of 80 metres from the sewing "studio" ( I have pretentions of grandeur) back to the house.
I like your work, more please.
Annie - @Spillsy, keep up the artwork! If you find it therapeutic, it stays. It is okay to be different and I like your interpretation <3
- @Spillsy Looks just like one of my hubbys masterpieces. He finds his artwork very therapeutic.
- Hi everyone,
I went to a paint and sip evening last night, and it was the best therapy.This was my effort of ‘ Picasso’ dove in a Van Gogh style... as the artist teacher put it! Everyone else’s was all smooth colours and tones, so I reckon this was my discombobulated version - No I didn’t but I’m in Melbourne - it may be different in northern parts of Australia with higher humidity. I got a synthetic wig - cheaper and lighter than real hair, and much easier to look after. Wash, shake, dry on a stand and comb! No styling required. Also you may really never want to look at it again after your hair grows back☺️. While everyone at work knew I was wearing one, it was really a two hour wonder! Then everyone forgot about it. People who didn’t know, didn’t know. I bought mine at a cancer/alopaecia specialist rather than online as I found a fitting helpful, I’d never worn a wig before. But it’s mostly pretty straightforward, mine required a tiny stitch inside for a perfect fit and when my hair started to grow back, taking out that little tuck meant it fitted well until my hair was long enough to go wig-less. Best wishes.
