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Ceesun · 10-05-2007, 02:09 PM

I just don't know, I feel so sad about this little 2mm...DCIS that will turn my life upside down again. It's not that I am so afraid of that because it certainly isn't like the invasive which caused me to have the lumpectomy four years ago, or the lung met last year which, as my onc said yesterday, has been resolved for a long time now, but now its bye bye breast....probably no reconstruction due to the many surgeries and complications I have had....and this is the "straw that broke the camel's back for me" as far as retiring from teaching. My clinical trial nurse said, "cathy, take the remainder of the year off if you can." I am lucky ( lots of earned sick time) that I can do that, but I don't like feeling forced out of my profession. I have taught since I was 22 and I felt this was probably my last year anyway.....but I wanted to walk out on my own terms....sorry, to sound so blue and like such a 54 year old baby....just tired I guess. thanks for listening friends.... Cathy...aka Ceesun. Feel like transitioning to my real name.

10-05-2007, 02:09 PM	#1
Ceesun Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 869	Feel So Sad Right Now I just don't know, I feel so sad about this little 2mm...DCIS that will turn my life upside down again. It's not that I am so afraid of that because it certainly isn't like the invasive which caused me to have the lumpectomy four years ago, or the lung met last year which, as my onc said yesterday, has been resolved for a long time now, but now its bye bye breast....probably no reconstruction due to the many surgeries and complications I have had....and this is the "straw that broke the camel's back for me" as far as retiring from teaching. My clinical trial nurse said, "cathy, take the remainder of the year off if you can." I am lucky ( lots of earned sick time) that I can do that, but I don't like feeling forced out of my profession. I have taught since I was 22 and I felt this was probably my last year anyway.....but I wanted to walk out on my own terms....sorry, to sound so blue and like such a 54 year old baby....just tired I guess. thanks for listening friends.... Cathy...aka Ceesun. Feel like transitioning to my real name.