Nothing like cancer to reopen all our issues again...and slam us with a while new pile of them as well. I am so sorry that you are feeling this way...of course you must know that you should be feeling great that you have just come through the year from hell...add some holidays and, well, there you have it!! You are overwhelmed with all that you have been through. During treatment we are busy getting through each day/ hour. Then...no more treatments... and no more normal. Surviving cancer puts us into a whole new realm. Gone is our innocence. Gone are the daydreams. Cancer is one of the big 'wake up calls' It will always be there in the background.
My emotional well-being will never be the same. That is what support groups are for! Support!! We have all walked this scary cancer path...and lost some great friends along the way. You are not alone with the way you are feeling. Take time to recognize all the hard work you have done...and with a baby!!! Yay You!!!
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Suzan W.
age 54 at diagnosis
5/05 suspicious mammogram-left breast
5/05 biopsy-invasive lobular carcinoma with LCIS,8mm tumor,stage 1 grade 2, ER+ PR+ Her2+++
6/14/05 bilateral mastectomy, node neg. all scans neg.
Oncotype DX-high risk
8/05-10/05 4 rounds A/C
10/05 -10/06 1 yr. herceptin
arimidex-5 years
2/14/08 started daily self administered injections..FORTEO for severe osteoporosis
7/28/09 BRCA 1 negative BRCA2 POSITIVE
8/17/09 prophylactic salpingo-oophorectomy
10/15/10 last FORTEOinjection
RECLAST infusion(ostoeporosis)
6/14/10 5 year cancerversary!
8/2010-18%increase in bone density!
no further treatments
Oncologist says, "Go do the Happy Dance"
I say,"What a long strange trip its been"
'One day at a time'
6-14-2015. 10 YEAR CANCERVERSARY!
7-16 to 9-16. Extensive (and expensive) dental work done to save teeth. Damage from osteoporosis and chemo and long term bisphosphonate use
6-14-16. 11 YEAR CANCERVERSARY!!
7-20-16 Prolia injection for severe osteoporosis
2 days later, massive hive outbreak. This led to an eventual dx of Chronic Ideopathic Urticaria, an auto-immune disease from HELL.
6-14-17 12 YEAR CANCERVERSARY!!
still suffering from CIU. 4 hospitilizations in the past year
as of today, 10-31-17 in remission from CIU and still, CANCER FREE!!!
6-14-18 13 YEAR CANCERVERSARY!! NED!!