@rhongirl -
Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect!
As you can see, there are many of us out there that have been through the breast cancer roller coaster.
I’m not surprised that you feel the way you do. We all deal with the emotional healing differently.
I think it’s important to talk about it, sometimes over and over- similar to when you mourn the death of a dear one.
However, people who have not gone through this tire of listening after a while.
This is a good place to talk.
I had mastectomy and chemo 30 years ago.
I didn’t ask for help dealing with it- pretending I was strong.
I noticed that other women had social workers visit with them when they had chemo. Somehow I thought I wasn’t approached because I was a doctor working at that hospital.
When I was done with chemo I was surprised that I felt depressed instead of relieved. I then realized that I went into instant menopause from the chemo. What a mess!
What I should have done then was to see a therapist used to dealing with these issues.
That’s my advice to you- others offer other ways to reach a balance again. You will be okay again.