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tricia keegan · 03-15-2008, 01:59 PM

Louise I was one of those people who felt a little deflated on finishing treatment, in fact I always thought chemo/rads was not the hard part but living after treatment is really tough. However it did get better, much better and while every day is not stress free in terms of self dx and worrying about recurrance it IS getting less and less often.
Just take each day as it comes, don't worry about tomorrow as you'll deal with that if and when it happens, to do otherwise (I've learned) is allowing the cancer to win and wasting the time we've fought hard for.
You've achieved a lot, so congratulations on that and plan a celebration...you've earned it!

03-15-2008, 01:59 PM	#3
tricia keegan Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Ireland Posts: 3,463	Louise I was one of those people who felt a little deflated on finishing treatment, in fact I always thought chemo/rads was not the hard part but living after treatment is really tough. However it did get better, much better and while every day is not stress free in terms of self dx and worrying about recurrance it IS getting less and less often. Just take each day as it comes, don't worry about tomorrow as you'll deal with that if and when it happens, to do otherwise (I've learned) is allowing the cancer to win and wasting the time we've fought hard for. You've achieved a lot, so congratulations on that and plan a celebration...you've earned it! __________________ Tricia Dx July '05 IDC 1.9cm Triple positive 3/9 nodes positive A/C X 4 ..Taxol/Herceptin x 12 wks then herceptin 1 yr Rads x 36 ..oophorectomy August '06 Currently taking Arimidex.. June 2011 osteopenia/ zometa x1 yearly- stopped Zometa 2015 as Dexa show normal bone density. Stopped Arimidex July 2014- Restarted Arimidex 2015 for a further two years on the advice of my Onc. 2014 Normal Dexa scan 2018 Mammo all clear, still NED!