Fear : does it ever leave you?
25 months post diagnosis, 6months post treatment not including daily letrozole- 10 day old First time Grandmother at 53yr old!!!!! I’m blessed to still have my mother, so 4 generation of girls- very s...
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@Teigra I was so afraid on most things after active treatment ended as I lost my security blanket of much activity with medical people when suddenly it was up to my own devices and too much time to think. I had quite a low spot a month or so after it ended and Cancer Connect thru the Cancer Council helped a lot - talking to a woman who had had breast cancer 10 years previously and was now enjoying life but giving back to others via the helpline.
I started getting active within the breast cancer community on the blog , joining a local breast cancer group and attending Encore.I learnt that I was not alone , that many of the things I felt others did too plus I also started to realise that I could still enjoy life. I gained that confidence by talking to other breast cancer people.My intensity and fear started to ebb.
Then I started to look outwards - started daily one hour walks , joined a local exercise class - easing back into life as well as picking up my former life - I became less self focussed and frozen by fear.
In the early days every bodily change threw me - now less so but anxiety builds a little before my annual scans.So to answer you question yes fear to a degree remains as I am aware of the possibilities but it does not stop me participating in life and enjoying it.It is no longer uppermost in my mind.
I started getting active within the breast cancer community on the blog , joining a local breast cancer group and attending Encore.I learnt that I was not alone , that many of the things I felt others did too plus I also started to realise that I could still enjoy life. I gained that confidence by talking to other breast cancer people.My intensity and fear started to ebb.
Then I started to look outwards - started daily one hour walks , joined a local exercise class - easing back into life as well as picking up my former life - I became less self focussed and frozen by fear.
In the early days every bodily change threw me - now less so but anxiety builds a little before my annual scans.So to answer you question yes fear to a degree remains as I am aware of the possibilities but it does not stop me participating in life and enjoying it.It is no longer uppermost in my mind.