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“Surviving” Life After Breast Cancer

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

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@astaingegerdm

Chris, the suckiness never goes away. I’m 29 years out, clinically doing well, but it has affected many aspects of my life- not in a good way. I think it’s always on my mind, subconsciously at least.
But, I’m still here!

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I still think about it all the time, I don’t worry about every little thing anymore. Probably because I spend my time trying to fan the forever hot flashes and cool my burning neuropathy riddled feet. I have a bit of a sense of humor about, but again, sometimes it just sucks. Right now the feet are the worst of it for me. They really seemed to turn a corner for the worse this year, do not know why. May I ask how old you were? You don’t have to share exact ages. Lol

I don’t think the ‘subtle’ fear in the background will ever go away. The majority of us were unaware when cancer was found the first time. I think we’ll always have it in the back of our minds, and we’re just ‘waiting’ for it to be found again. We can either allow the fear of recurrence eat us up; or we can choose to live a much fuller life than we had before by appreciating every sun rise!