Anyone else ANGRY?

like all the suggestions, angry? you betcha!  my sis and bro families could not handle the fact that I was in need and walked out of my life!  Sure hope my neices and nephews were not counting on an inheritance as not gonna happen now.

course with med bills not likely to be leaving any $$$$ to any future generations

 my release is the gym....I have a very good rate for and hope to be able to continue to pay it

trust me, swimming laps is an excellent release for all the anxiety, much better than the pills docs push

Lifelover- I just saw in your sig line that you are on tamoxifen that could very well be the culprit. Besides extreme bone pain i also got angry and depressed had to quit taking it. Another reason maybe si Sometimes after going into survival mode after treatment we let our guard down and all those crazy emotions surface. Best Wishes and big ((((hugs))))

debbie

Yes, yes, yes!  I am angry too.  Mine started about several months ago and I have been so angry at everything, my job, my family, every person I come in contact that screws up.  All of a sudden, I remembered that anger is one of those stages of cancer.  I didn't realize it could come so late, but I think that's what it is.  I'm angry at cancer for the burden it has put on me and what it has taken away.  Just realizing that was the real source of my anger helped me a lot and I'm starting to do better.  I haven't tried counseling, but I probably should!

As we all so frequently say, Cancer - the gift that keeps on giving!

I saw a Gordon Ramsey show where he met the restaurant owner on a beach and got her to scream and curse all her anger out. Her family was letting her down and so was her staff and she just was defeated. There was a fair amount of bleeping.



She said the screaming was amazingly cathartic or something like that.

Or punching a punching bag helps. or so i heard...

Saille, that's  a tough one if he won't even talk to you about it.  It sounds like he or the two of you need therapy.  Would he go?  I know my university hospital has sex therapists.  When I went to the plastic surgeon they gave me a folder with info, so they must anticipate that a lot of couples will need it.  If you don't have sex therapists nearby, I think any kind of couples therapy could help. 

Camille, I think you summed it up, this crazy disease hits on every emotion. 

I saw some show, I think they were in rehab, and they were out in a junk yard hitting cars and TVs with baseball bats.  I can see it working short term, but is that a long-term solution, I don't know.  

Lifelover good to see you and it does strike me that this is probably a normal phase, since we went through this at the same time. 

I read one time that 18 months after a life-changing event, people are about as happy as they were before.  This was specifically referring to people who had become paralyzed.  I'll be at my 18 months late August and I'm ready! 

If you are on Tamoxifen, you could be experiencing "Tamoxifen Rage"--horrible uncontrolable outbursts of anger and severe depression.  This drug is probably breaking up plenty of marriages and ruining relationships.    

I hit the anger wall on and off. I'm blessed with incredible friends and support around me, including an amazing boyfriend who is, well, amazing. But I get overwhelmed with anger, despite all this support. I take all my feelings out in words - I blog shamelessly and openly, hiding nothing, keeping nothing back. I don't care who reads it, it's open and honest and helps me deal with things. I started blogging after leaving a 16 year long abusive marriage and now use it to exorcise my cancer demons. Try it!



Here's my blog, if you're interested:



http://www.diaryofamidlifecrisis.blogspot.com