did you bounce back to near normal after rx?

[Rejoyce]

I know how you feel. I guess treatment affects everyone differently.

[Jackie07]

I saw that you'd had bi-lateral mastectomy with tissue expander just a year ago. From what I've read on this board, it's going to be quite a while before the reconstruction is done and feel normal again.

A few of us had worked through chemo - not easy, but several have done it. I think the 30-minute daily walk (and walk whenever I could) helped me a lot.

Because I''d had brain surgeries (1990, 2001 - unrelated to bc), I'm always 'tired' easily. Our body will heal - eventually. But if you have unusual amount of fatigue, you might want to let your care team know about it. I'd found the oncology nurse a great source of help.

Take a deep breath and enjoy your new freedom.

[caya]

I am 7 years out today, Oct. 16th,from diagnosis - I finished Femara in July 2012, and I noticed I had more energy, less muscle joint pain and in general just felt more like the old "me" around January 2013. My onc. had told me it would take a few months for the Femara to get out of my system.

I realized this past summer, one year being off the Femara, how much better I feel. I think while being on Tamoxifen and then Femara, you don't realize how crappy you feel, it's basically the new normal - until you are off it. After chemo, the year of Herceptin, and 5 years of anti-hormonals, you just adjust to the pain, fatigue, etc.

I feel so much better now. Not quite 100%, but I'd say about 90%.

all the best
caya