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chrisy · 01-22-2007, 06:14 PM

Bobbi,

You are definitely NOT crazy! Dealing with breast cancer is so traumatic, even if you have a great prognosis. I found my emotions would just come out of nowhere, whack me in the head, and leave me wondering what had just happened that made me cry. For me, it was partly the chemo that made me loopy and largely it was post-traumatic stress - dealing with emotions that got back-burnered while I was needing to be focused on the tasks at hand. Sounds like you are over the hump on your treatments, maybe now your mind is starting to let loose with those emotions.

Seeing your friend experience a recurrence may have hit too close to home and brought your own worst fears to the surface. You are not crazy, you are just processing some pretty powerful emotions which is just part of the process.

Hang in there
chris

01-22-2007, 06:14 PM	#3
chrisy Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Central Coast, CA Posts: 3,207	Bobbi, You are definitely NOT crazy! Dealing with breast cancer is so traumatic, even if you have a great prognosis. I found my emotions would just come out of nowhere, whack me in the head, and leave me wondering what had just happened that made me cry. For me, it was partly the chemo that made me loopy and largely it was post-traumatic stress - dealing with emotions that got back-burnered while I was needing to be focused on the tasks at hand. Sounds like you are over the hump on your treatments, maybe now your mind is starting to let loose with those emotions. Seeing your friend experience a recurrence may have hit too close to home and brought your own worst fears to the surface. You are not crazy, you are just processing some pretty powerful emotions which is just part of the process. Hang in there chris __________________ Chris in Scotts Valley June 2002 extensive hi grade DCIS (pre-cancer-stage 0, clean sentinal node) Mastectomy/implant - no chemo, rads. "cured?" 9/2004 Diag: Stage IV extensive liver mets (!) ER/PR- Her2+++ 10/04-3/05 Weekly Taxol/Carboplatin/Herceptin , complete response! 04/05 - 4/07 Herception every 3 wks, Continue NED 04/07 - recurrence to liver - 2 spots, starting tykerb/avastin trial 06/07 8/07 10/07 Scans show stable, continue on Tykerb/Avastin 01/08 Progression in liver 02/08 Begin (TDM1) trial 08/08 NED! It's Working! Continue on TDM1 02/09 Continue NED 02/10 Continue NED. 5/10 9/10 Scans NED 10/10 Scans NED 12/10 Scans not clear....4/11 Scans suggest progression 6/11 progression confirmed in liver 07/11 - 11/11 Herceptin/Xeloda -not working:( 12/11 Begin MM302 Phase I trial - bust:( 03/12 3rd times the charm? AKT trial 5/12 Scan shows reduction! 7/12 More reduction!!!! 8/12 Whoops...progression...trying for Perjeta/Herceptin (plus some more nasty chemo!) 9/12 Start Perjeta/Herceptin, chemo on hold due to infection/wound in leg, added on cycle 2 &3 11/12 Poops! progression in liver, Stop Perjeta/Taxo/Herc 11/12 Navelbine/Herce[ptin - try for a 3 cycles, no go. 2/13 Gemzar/Carbo/Herceptin - no go. 3/13 TACE procedure