I need encouragement because I am so sick of having cancer

The end of treatment is a tough time. For me, during treatment I was so focused on "the battle" and just making it through that I didn't have an energy left to worry about life after treatment. Now that I'm finally feeling like my old self again I am finding that my mind thinks about things it should not be thinking about.



Just a bit of advice about the drain . . . Make sure to tape the tube in place about 3-4 inches below where is comes out of your chest so it doesn't get pulled on accidentally when you move. It won't come out, but it will hurt like hell if it gets accidentally tugged.

I had the hook wires put in too and honestly you don't feel them go in after they numb the area, they are very fine wires. They also tape them down so you will be able to put something over them to travel to the hospital.



We all get overwhelmed at times throughout this ordeal. You are not alone, we are all here to support you and listen when you are having a bad day.

Hi Hun, Wishing you lots of luck with yours I go for mine next tuesday.

I have been told I'm last on the list for surgery and I'm staying over night.

Oh Missiene....hugs to you from across the miles!  How well I remember these feelings!  There were so many times when I thought I just couldn't do it, but I did.  We all have our pity parties and good cries as we go through this and that's O.K.  Just remember that the more you cry, the less you pee and crying gets rid of so many pent up emotions and fears that we carry around during our treatment times.

Much of what you are feeling is the fear of the unknown....and that feel is so real.  I was so afraid of chemo that I made myself sick before I ever got to the first one.  I also suppose that I was in the minority when I finished my last chemo and cried on my way out of the room.  I was so afraid that it would come back immediately without the chemo and felt so helpless because I didn't know what else I could do to keep the beast away.  See?  Your feelings and fears are so normal under these circumstances.  Come here often and talk to others who have been through the things that you're facing. Kathy just explained the wire procedure to you.  When you know what you're facing, it's so much easier to surge ahead and do what needs to be done to get through all of this.  When you know what's going to happen to you, it removes much of the fear.

I am now almost a 6 year survivor (in November).  I was the biggest wimp in the world and I made it through the surgeries, the chemo, and the radiation.  You can do it, too.  You will have your ups and your downs along the way, but you'll keep moving toward the end of the treatments, etc., and you will eventually get back to your life and days when you don't even think about cancer. 

Rita

aww its gonna get easier koz...or u just learn to quickly adapt. i was diagnosed in oct 2011 had double mascetomy in nov 2011 had my port put in jan 2012 and i did my last chemo on march 21st. then spent a week in hosp with a blood infection. im fixing to start my tamoxifen in a few weeks. in my experience with chemo the first was the worst. that and constipation. u have to be so careful of the few days after the shot cuz of the low white cells. just remember rest and plenty of fluids. also a very warm blanket. i opted to not have the radiation. my body has just been thru so much in the past six months. if u hav any questions or concerns i would b more than happy to give my version. good luck and god bless