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“Surviving” Life After Breast Cancer

Breast Cancer | Last Active: Sep 18, 2021 | Replies (60)

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@lisman1408

Thank you, Merry, for your response and kindness. In answer to your question about opening minds... I truly wish I had a great reply to that! I think the article that I posted originally and started this thread with, “The Secret Suckiness of Life after Breast Cancer”, is the closest I have found that reflects the feelings of many who are recovering from breast cancer. It resonated with me, and helped me to explain my feelings to family and friends. I wanted to share it with others here, hoping it would be of benefit to them. If you haven’t read that article please do. I know it’s easy to skip since it’s at the very beginning. For me, this article very much describes many of the emotions and feelings I have gone though. Cancer ‘sucks’, regardless of circumstances!

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@lisman1408 : I just now happened to see this thread, and read the suckiness article. Dealing “only” with localized invasive ductile carcinoma (lumpectomy, no chemo or radiation deemed necessary), I still am just getting into the fun side effects of letrozole. Had trouble sleeping even before starting this medication, now 5 hours is a great night’s sleep. Joint and muscle pain, of course, looking at upcoming Zometa infusions. And my grumpiness that I have had for the duration of the pandemic, mostly regarding people who by their actions (read: selfishness, stupidity) prolong our misery is now compounded by lowered estrogen. So while I consider myself lucky, it is still yucky!