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Jackie, it can be lonely and frightening no matter what kind of relationship you are in. To most people it is over. You are well and you should move on. Even if they don't say it, I feel like I hear it. After treatment (and I have had nowhere near the years that you have had) I felt like a hermit. I still have to make myself get out and attend things. For me it is art shows and art guild meetings. Maybe you could get involved in a group where you could meet people with similar interests. On a lighter note, one of my friends told me the other day, that you should start making close women friends now, because if you don't you will be lonely someday, you'll have outlived all the men. If you need a lift and a laugh read the Sweet Potato Queens Book of Love. It is outrageous.
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In the world of destiny, there are no statistics.
Jan. 26- mammogram and ultrasound- suspicious lump
Mid-February- lumpectomy, infiltrating ductal carcinoma ~4.5 cm and a 1 cm DCIS, did not get clear margins, did not check lymph nodes
ER+/PR+, her2 +++, nuclear grade 3 of 3
February 20-PET scan showed something on liver. No biopsy.
March- Started carboplatin, herceptin, taxol on a four week cycle
May 3- Pet scan, with intent to do a biopsy, found nothing, liver or breast- no biopsy because there is nothing to biopsy
June 21- new onc, very concerned that there had been no biopsy,
June 18th-CAT scan, bone scan-negative
August 7th - Brain MRI-negative
August 9th- mastectomy, all pathology negative
January 2008 still NED! New oncologist -herceptin for full year after chemo- until July, and tamoxifen---negative scans since May '07
July 2008-Finished Herceptin!
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