Receiving good news

Joska

I have been having treatment for breast cancer for nine years and finally have the great news that my cancer marker is normal

Why then am I not jumping for joy, screaming from the rooftops and generally celebrating

Any thoughts on this

I feel flat, slightly depresses, very emotional and quite odd.

Anyone out there feeling the same or have experienced this I would appreciate some chat

I'm new to chat rooms too

chrissyb

Hi Joska and welcome to BCO.  Congrats on having normal cancer markers for the first time oin nine years!  That's awesome and just goes to prove that it does happen.  Happy dancing for you!!!

I hear where you are coming from when you describe your feelings other than joyfull and my take on it would be that you have been living for so long with raised markers as well as continual treatment and it's a shock to you and your system that all that hard work has finally paid off!  It's hard to actually come to terms with, just as hard as the original diagnosis would have been.

My suggestion is just relax and enjoy the achievement!

Love n hugs.  Chrissy

Claire_in_Seattle

Joska.....major, major congrats. 

This is common for any patient ending active treatment.  I suspect it's greatly magnified for anyone having years of it.  I am so thrilled for you.

There is help available if you need it.  Are you starting to feel better physically?  I am sure that finally not having stuff poured into your body will help too.  But it takes a few weeks to get over this.

Enjoy the greater energy.  I would start planning some fun things to do.  Valentine's Day is coming up.

Congrats, and enjoy your newfound life.  And may this continue, on and on and on.  A major, major milestone.