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SarasotaLady
SarasotaLady Member Posts: 32
edited December 2017 in Mental Health: Because Cancer Doesn't Just Affect Your Breasts

Hi,

I had a successful lumpectomy on May 18th -- see profile-- and now have to make a decision about follow-up, which for me is either radiation, or anti-hormones -- or nothing. I've always suffered from low grade depression, but

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  • Mimi2kleh
    Mimi2kleh Member Posts: 84
    edited June 2017

    Sarasotalady, Sorry you deleted your post, hope you will read this. Depression sucks. You are not alone here, many of us suffer from it too. Don't be afraid to reach out for support an sympathy here, we understand. Hugs.

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  • MexicoHeather
    MexicoHeather Member Posts: 365
    edited July 2017

    Hi. I am up in B'ton if you ever need to message someone. Keep going. Do not give up on yourself.

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  • ChiSandy
    ChiSandy Member Posts: 12,133
    edited July 2017

    Depression runs in my family—my dad was bipolar, my adult son is on an SSRI and I have been on an SNRI for over 20 years. I had postpartum depression so severe I considered hospitalization, but the psychiatrists felt I had enough of a support system at home to help me take care of myself and my son.

    My PPD was harder and scarier to deal with than having been hit by a car and getting breast cancer. But there is help to be had—and there is no shame in availing yourself of both talk & drug therapy. And there are probably enough of us to start a combination breast-cancer-and-major-depressive-disorder support group here on BCO.

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  • Snickersmom
    Snickersmom Member Posts: 926
    edited November 2017

    I am just up the road a few hours - I live in The Villages, FL. I wish you hadn't deleted your post. You need to hang in there, no matter what. I am only 6 months out from my double mastectomy. I was Stage 1A, no lymph nodes, and HER-Positive. So I am on Arimidex and Fosomax but that's it. I have finally started to understand that no matter what the stage or type of cancer, it's still cancer. I kept saying I was one of the lucky ones because my tumor was the size of a pencil eraser, but at the end of the day, it's still cancer.

    I hope you will post again. I see that there is a post from a woman in Bradenton and that's very close to Sarasota so maybe you could hook up and talk. I wish I could find someone closer. The support group near me is very depressing

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  • Fembot
    Fembot Member Posts: 86
    edited December 2017

    i'm so sorry you're going through that. Hang in there! Hugs.

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  • spicedlife
    spicedlife Member Posts: 182
    edited December 2017

    ChiSandy, I agree that there are enough of us to start a depression thread. I was diagnosed stage 4 about a month ago and I haven't been able to get my depression under control since then. It has been bad for the last two years but I was making good and healthy changes to beat it. Now, I am numb. I go from anxiety, to panic to just kind of wishing I wasn't here anymore because I don't think I can handle the depression/anxiety and the cancer too.

    I am going to post this even though I have probably said way to much. I hope that if others are having such a hard time that we can support each other.

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