Post radiation: How to be more patient with my recovery?

Hi
Sending you hugs . I pray for ypu to get relief. I belong to a breast cancer group through breastcancer.ca. We have zoom meetings every other week. It's good because you can vent get advise from the moderator abd just talk to other women. Maybe check it out

No preexisting health issues besides high blood pressure. Now I take four meds to counteract the effects of the Letrozole. No kidding.

Hope you get good results. I was stage 1 and caught very early. I still would have made very different choices if I knew more.

My best advice to anyone is to take your time making choices - even though the thought of having cancer growing inside you is beyond frightening - the result in the treatment you choose is critical.

Hi
Well I had to stop the effexor. Those drugs are horrid what they do to your body. I just went back to my natural pathic.Body responds better to that, so I'm back on my 5H.T p for depression and i'm seeing her monday tomorrow to go on some homeopathics to deal with the menopause issue. They certainly don't try to give women any options.But an an anti depressant after brush cancer.I think it's wrong. They need to give women a better option than those a I drugs which destroys so much of your body.

Maybe a walk outdoors is better than the treadmill. Nature can lift your mood and relax your body. Whenever I’m on treadmill, I keep checking the time. If I walk outdoor, I’m relaxed and don’t even look at my watch.

I’m 61. I finished radiation 6-23 and have just had a breakthrough with fatigue stopping 9-24. I do Yoga, Pranayama and acupuncture and started to add a little strength training. I’m at a “ new” normal. I’m good with that. Doing all my little routine things help me stay physically and mentally well. Do I worry about cancer coming back? I don’t think I worry about it coming back- but I do get anxious at check ups and mammograms.

Hi
Good for you. I think a lot of my issue is my fibromyalgia and menopause symptoms causes alot of fatigue. since having to stop hrt. I have brutal hot flashes at 6 am every morning. Anxiety that hits out of no where. I also had 4 people pass away during my treatment plus had to put my mom in a nursing home. Alot to come to terms with. My best friend was 1 of the people I lost who was fighting stage 4 ovarian cancer.

That is a lot for anyone to go thru. I had one death and we were building a house. I don’t know if you are able- but something that really helped me was to volunteer. I volunteer at a Hospice thrift store as the cashier once a week. It gets me away from everything and I met wonderful people. ( we have a ranch so there is alway something happening)

Hi
I have a compression fracture in my spine due to osteopenia. Happened in 2022 when I rolled over in bed. I can't stand for long periods of time. I was just starting abolunteer job at red cross. That had to stop. I am hoping next yr maybe in the fall to volunteer. It has to be a combo of sitting and standing.

Did Letrozole raise your blood pressure? I have had high BP for years and it has been controlled well on 3 meds until my cancer recurrance. Lately it has been running much higher and I am trying to foigre out if it is a side effect of the Letrozole, or just acute anxiety (which I have had off and on in my life) over dealing with cancer.

I had high blood pressure prior to cancer diagnosis and it did not change much, if at all, throughout treatment and even on Letrozole. I am taking the same meds for blood pressure and no noticeable change.

Good luck - hope your on a path to healing soon.