Mental health after bc

Hi Sue417: I am at 2 years and 8 months & not done with treatment. The fatigue is a problem I have too. I did chemo and radiation along with a bunch of biopsies, 20 days ago had surgery.
I think it will take some time and I strongly believe I will get back to my "old self again" I have moments of it, sometimes fleeting moments, sometimes longer and sometimes when I wake up I feel like me again... but then I get out of bed and a few steps later, I'm fatigued and can barely make it through the day, bad concentration, ugh.
So you too may have moments, try to keep a look out for them as they can be fleeting. Good that you posted about it, have you tried being creative, draw, paint, pottery, take a class or go to the craft store and pick a project. Being creative has helped me. Keep in touch if you like 🙂

Are you taking an AI or tamoxifen? For me, tamoxifen caused a whomping great case of depression and anxiety. I know others have had depression caused by an AI. Not everyone has this side effect, of course, but it does happen.

I don’t think any of us ever fully go back to our “old selves” after something like this. The experience changes us deeply , not just the person going through it, but the whole family as well. Personally, I still struggle with allowing others to support me. I try to stay grounded in the facts: my treatment is ongoing and will continue for another four years. I take care of myself by eating healthy, exercising, meditating, going to therapy, and praying, placing in God’s hands the things that are beyond my control.

Still, there are moments when I just need to cry, to release the sadness and frustration that come from constantly worrying about my health. I’m 44, and my greatest hope is to live a long life and watch my little girl grow up healthy and beautiful.

My advice is this: try to look for the lesson in this experience. Let it shape a new version of you stronger, wiser, and even more resilient than before.

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No I am not my oncologist did want me to try tamoxifen but I could only tolerate it 2 weeks and that was it and he said it wasn't really mandatory because I had dcis and I was stage zero it's just from going off hormones and the stress and Trauma I went through the year 2024 cancer for deaths during my treatment of people I really loved. I just finished counseling but they don't give you much it was only eight sessions which is nothing

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I think the experience is different for us that have no one are single then someone who has support and a family and children I'm sorry you're going through this so young I'm 67 I was 65 when I was diagnosed. I do go to church and I exercise but it's just the ghosting of friends they don't realize that it's ongoing and I really have had no support except my best friend who died 3 weeks after I was finished treatment she died of cancer ovarian stage 4.