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Post surgery, post chemo, still scared
Hi, I'm 28 and I've just finished the having chemo and a bi-lateral mastectomy for breast cancer. The doctors told me that the chemo wasn't 100% effective, but that the surgery got all of my cancer,...
I know for me referring to myself as someone who had cancer and as a SURVIVOR really helped me to believe it. But it took some time. I'm almost 2 years post chemo and 2.5 years since diagnosis and surgery. Most days now I feel confident I'm now here for the long hall but at the back of my mind I have the niggling fear It might still kill me. However ...to get joy back in my life "thinking" I am cured has helped me be happy, regain my health and fitness. I've just decided I will deal with it if it happens and not spend any more time thinking about it. That doesn't mean I don't over react with simple health issues I used to ignore. But...I am proactive...get it checked...then move on. X