After 2.5 years sometimes I still feel like poo, do you?

mimi791

Hey girls:

 I'm just wondering if anyone else has days when they feel like dragging themselves out of bed was just a bad idea.  I'm only 42 and active, but I find some days, even this far out, I still have a day now and then when all of me hurts and just wants to sleep.  These are the days that get me down, and even though they are fewer and farther apart, I still get frustrated that they happen after so long.  I am on my second year of tamoxifen which I know doesn't help...insert feel briefly sorry for myself here.....errrrrrrrr.  Perhaps I just need to go outside and have myself a good scream!  Be well and thanks for the vent session.

Mimi

pupfoster1

(((Mimi)))),

Absolutely!  I feel the same a lot and it drives me nuts!  I'm always second guessing some new ache or pain and then I really get in to a funk.  I just got good news on an MRI so I've pushed myself the last few days---gym and 2 days of yoga.  Just getting there is the hard part.  You just have to get yourself out the door.  

And if you feel like a good scream GO FOR IT!  I need to do that more often myself.  I think where we are people just expect us to "get over it" and go on like nothing happened.  Maybe some gals can do that, but I'm not there yet.  And keeping it all in most definitely does NOT help.

Vent away!  We're here for you!

Love,

Sharon

giglgrl

YES!!! I keep waiting to feel normal again and it just has not happened yet.

SharonMH

Hi  I do get what you are all saying. It is hard because everyone thinks that you are done with treatment so you are all better. Yes,   I sure wish that the aches and pains would go away. We are all just over 2 years out. Would love to feel . normal again. Perhaps I shall also have myself a good scream. Hope I don't scare the neighbors  SharonH

mimi791

Thanks girls!

I feel so much better today, I just don't understand how I can be such a human yo-yo some days.  Yesterday I felt 102 and today I am back to normal.  I just hope those days keep getting farther and farther apart   I guess that is the best that I can hope for, but it's nice to know that I am not the only one that feels like this.  I just have to take advantage of the days that I feel good and learn to go with the flow on the days that I don't.  As far as scaring the neighbors, well, they have already seen me bald, so how scary can a scream possibly be?

Mimi

mballpa

We all need to scream. Jan 31 will ne one year to the day I found my lump. My radiation oncologist says it is normal to have days like that 1-3 years out. I have.determined there is no longer what is normal for me, but instead just what I can get accomplished today.

karen1956

2/3 will be 6 years for me and I still have "those" days.....

mspradley

Thank you for starting this thread! I have been asking myself this same question. Some days I find that fatigue holds me back. Other days I feel that chemo-brain fog sets in and inhibits my memory and articulation. Insomnia and leg pains (mild as they are) keep me from the sleep I need so desperately to fight the fatigue and fog. Sadly, I have decided to leave my full time career that I passionately love, but no longer feel the confidence to conduct anymore. I have good days and better days, but have more "less than good days" than I thought I would this far out. Fortunately, I have very supportive doctors and a dream husband.