2yrs out Body still doing weird things. Anyone else?

jj...any chance you can get on Metforim?  I'm with you on the weight issues..I gained 20 lbs. during chemo lost 15...then gained back 5...

You must be younger than I am because the chemo made me go through menopause....so I can't relate with you on the period issues.

Guess I didn't help much...but I hope that your MO gave you some advice on the weight gain issue to help you.

Many women gain weight during and after treatment.  I put it up to chemopause and being given a carte blanche to eat whatever we can keep down while we have no appetite.  The docs want calories going in to power survival.  A few years later, I'm still about 10 pounds over, and a size or two up.  I've started working the midsection and it's responding, but these things take time as energy and stamina return.  My experience was that it was only after two years that I felt strong at all, could think as clearly as before, or see my sweetie as the very attractive person he is.

Anyone else able to validate this?

I'm about 2 1/2 years out from my original diagnosis. I think my digestive system is wrecked from the chemo. I also went into chemopause, came back out and am now back in. I'm going to be 46 this year. For the most part, I feel well but I am more tired and less energetic than I used to be. Weight is a little bit of an issue for me and I love dessert too so it sounds like you eat much better than I do.  I need to exercise but I'm too tired when I get home from work I do know things could be a lot worse and I could be where I was in the middle of AC chemo 2 years ago so I'm not going to complain too much. You know, I think I've jumped back in life and just so grateful to be here for my sweet, sweet 12 year old Daughter Hang in there!!! And I hope you find a solution to your fluctuation in weight!!! It's not fair as we shouldn't have to deal with all these other issues since we had to fight the big battle.

It just stinks that anyone should have to deal with anything else after the cancer. We are entitled to complain if we want though as this is an extraordinary event for mind, body and spirit. We've earned it and it's ok to be frustrated. It just means that we are human. We can say we could only imagine and believe that we understand a walk with cancer but it's hard to really know until you've walked in those shoes.  I have so many people around me with cancer from 1st graders to 6th graders to parents of my daughter's friends. It's so sad. I hope one day they will know how to prevent so no one has to poison their body to fight it. Many hugs to you all and prayers that one day our bodies will get back to the normal that we once knew

All of you.  Just keep taking those steps forward and give yourself some slack when you need it.  It is true that most of us were cut, poisoned and burned.  We did it to live, and those around us should know and appreciate that.  Some do, some don't.  But after a few years, you can feel more like yourself and if you still have a few spare pounds, know they may have kept you strong enough to survive.  I think I was more annoyed at how round and puffy I looked just after treatment than just a bit heavy now.  I'd love my pre-chemo waist back, but that was also pre-chemopause.  At 48 going in, I wasn't expecting or told to expect my cycle back.  I was actually glad that didn't happen, as in my case I had all the fun of full blown menopause in just a few hot/cold/cranky/miserable months while I lost my hair and felt like shit going through chemo.  One large compacted package of hell, against which everything else in life looks like catered beach party.  Including the radiation to follow.

It will get better.