[Catherine]

Kelly, Chemopause is the best new word I have heard. Hats off to everyone for venting and venting with a little humor. I also, like don't negotiate. I too have a housecleaner. While I was going thru chemo she came once a week. Now I am back to twice a month. In general I have it very good. But when I can tell my husband is uptight and wants me to be normal, I try to disappear into a back bedroom or to the computer room and the Her2 site. Especially in the evening. Then I find him asleep on the couch and I have the house to myself. I keep reminding myself of all the support he has given me. People I used to work with keep saying "now that you are done with treatment....I guess your life is back to normal." Yeah right.

I always wonder who raises some of these insensitive men. I wonder what a chat room for men with prostate cancer reads like. Maybe I will try and invade one.

Keep the faith and keep the humor and keep up the fight,
Catherine in Oregon