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Sherryg683 · 01-21-2009, 01:42 PM

I can relate. I have been lucky that it is now over 3 years without anything coming back but I am always waiting for that other shoe to drop. I remember the odds I was given on 5 year survival and instead of thinking that I've done good and beaten the odds so far, I feel like I am getting close to that mark and only have so much time left. Stress is just normal for us now I believe, we just have to learn to deal with it. I have started taking Lexapro and it seems to help , that and having a clean scan last week. As far as the tears, I never knew that I had so many tears that I could shed. I had never been much of a cryer and now I seem to cry almost ever day. You think we would dry up. Crying is one way for me to release the stress I am feeling, so I think it's OK. I don't cry around anyone, usually in the bath or by myself somewhere..sherryg683

01-21-2009, 01:42 PM	#3
Sherryg683 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,014	I can relate. I have been lucky that it is now over 3 years without anything coming back but I am always waiting for that other shoe to drop. I remember the odds I was given on 5 year survival and instead of thinking that I've done good and beaten the odds so far, I feel like I am getting close to that mark and only have so much time left. Stress is just normal for us now I believe, we just have to learn to deal with it. I have started taking Lexapro and it seems to help , that and having a clean scan last week. As far as the tears, I never knew that I had so many tears that I could shed. I had never been much of a cryer and now I seem to cry almost ever day. You think we would dry up. Crying is one way for me to release the stress I am feeling, so I think it's OK. I don't cry around anyone, usually in the bath or by myself somewhere..sherryg683 __________________ Sherry Diagnosed: December , 2005 at age 44 13+ positive lymph nodes Stage IV , Her2+, 2 small mets to lungsChemo Started: Jan, 2006 4 months Taxotere, Xeloda, Hercepin NED since April 2006!! 36 Rads to follow with weekly Herceptin indefinately 8 years NED now Scans every year Life is not about avoiding the thunderstorms, it's about learning to dance in the rain!