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Emotional aftermath following breast cancer treatment
Breast Cancer | Last Active: Oct 27 8:29pm | Replies (116)Comment receiving replies
Is it strange that I feel like the double mastectomies, reconstruction and radiation were “easier” than living with the daily letrozole and monthly lupron? I felt like with surgery and recovery I was actively fighting something. Now I feel like accepting this new life of feeling tired and having bone joint pain at the young age of 50 is more difficult than the the pains of breast surgery and abdominal surgery. Anyone out there feel the same?
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Yes!!! And let's add on the fear of reccurence. I'm 1 year out of diagnosis. BC still consumes my thoughts. I feel so different than I did before I got it. I tell people I'm doing good, but inside my head is another story.
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YES! I went through lumpectomy, 4 rounds of chemo, 19 radiation session, breast reduction surgery and lived with the illusion that that would be it. Now I am close to finish the second year of Anastrosole and decided that after two injection of Prolia I kind of had it. I will see my oncologist end of the month to discuss the Prolia as I have server pain in joints and back and hardly could walk the last 5 month. The second injection was worse than the first one. I totally feel you, sister - it is now accepting the new you, but I am over accepting the constant pain and tiredness. I mostly worked during chemo and radiation, but now take here and there a day off work just to sleep. A lot of exercises and positive self talk. Keep in touch.