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Emotional aftermath following breast cancer treatment

Breast Cancer | Last Active: Oct 27, 2024 | Replies (116)
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I've completed all my active treatment (TNBC BRCA2+ - chemo, bilateral, then radiation) and have found my emotions more of a roller coaster ride now than when I was going through treatment. Maybe that was because I was actively doing something for my dx. I'm trying different things but some days I'm just unfocused and stuck. I hope this doesn't become my long-term "new" reality. I'm getting ready to retire and I have things I want to do and places I want to go. Now I'll have the time. What are things people are doing to get past the unfocused & stuck position they find themselves in?

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Rubyslippers | @triciaot | Feb 3, 2024

How are you now? Did you find ways to get unstuck?
There are days that turn into weeks that I get stuck. I also felt very engaged in my dx and treatment. But was surprised with the lack of direction & focus after. I had retired a year and a half before my diagnosis - but with COVID restrictions never got into a retirement mode.

I feel I should be past this. That I know better, and should schedule something to do that gets me out of stuck.
I HAVE been out of stuck and signed up for fun activities and I am going to. But I wasn’t cleared on my one year visit last October and am waiting the 6 months recommended to get a new MRI and mammogram. The “not clear” report shot down the feeling that I was moving forward after treatment.
They have rated a lesion in the contralateral left breast as BIRADS 3, and are following a 7.7 mm round lymph node on my right - it’s a level one axillary lymph node. They report they believe both are benign but must be scanned again to see if either have grown. I realize this is not a bad report - but it’s not clear either.
Anyway, would love to hear if you found a way out of stuck!

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