Hi lee
Hope you're doing ok. I ended up getting a referral to a psychologist at the breast clinic in ringwood east. She mainly deals with women with bc. I've had one appointment so far. Just the initial assessment. It came back that I'm extremely stressed, I'm suffering extreme depression and one point off extreme anxiety. So that explains why I constantly want to push other peoples faces in at the moment! If it doesn't work out I will see my gp for a referral to Sharon Turner. She stressed to me that how I was feeling was quite normal and pretty much to be expected.
I only have one more chemo to go which is next Thursday so I am hoping I start to pick up both physically and emotionally after that. I'm feeling very anxious about radiotherapy but everyone keeps telling me that after what I've been through with chemo I will breeze through radiotherapy. I think it's the whole unknown prospect again.
We are also going on a holiday in between chemo and radiotherapy so I'm hoping that that will also give me a break from bloody cancer. It just feels like your whole life revolves around it and you can't escape.
I'm doing better than I was since writing this initial post. I've had another stint in hospital due to side effects of meds but at least im not continuously crying. I'm still angry at the world, my body, idiotic people who say stupid things to you and all that jazz but at least I'm functioning. I certainly didn't function at all the week I wrote this post!
Hope your appointment with Sharon goes well. Hang in there. We'll all get through this together. Xoxo