Do you feel the need to "do something" ?

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I am 14mth’s after the end of active treatment.
Im 33 and i had WLE, chemo and rads and i am on tamoxifen.

I feel generally well but unsatisified and agitated i should be doing “more” with my life. This feeling irritates me as surely i should just be glad its over?

Any one else?
Any solutions?!

S

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I’m a lot older than you are, and maybe that’s the difference. BUT I wanted to make the most of life and not waste a single minute.

I was 56 at dx and after treatment I found that I couldn’t cope with the job that I loved for over 20 years. I wanted out! I wanted to enjoy myself and not waste my retirement years that may not happen if I got a recurrence.

So I did take early retirement and spend my time with my grandchildren and on holiday.

But now I’m over 2 years out from treatment I’m feeling so much better and am missing work and have taken on some occasional work.

I suppose what I’m saying is that after treatment you do feel as though you need to make major life changes, and some are better than others, but take some time to think about them.

Take more time out for whatever makes you happy.
Mal

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Hi there

Yes I feel the same as you too at times.

I know from your other posts etc that you have given up work for the time being…so that may be why you are feeling this way?

I stopped teaching before my nearly 3 yr old son was born. I was ready to start something new workwise when he was 18 mths old, but then BC came. Now nine months after treatment has finished, I feel stuck. Lost my direction and quite consumed with my two little ones still.

I do voluntary work a few hours a week, but I still need to do more!

You have a lovely little business if i may say so…(i have emailed you )…

You will be fine…your kids are little and you are doing something different…hang in there…

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thank you!

I guess time is the key and i do enjoy being a full time mum.

X

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I finished with active treatment in October and just taking Tamoxifen now. I was fortunate to stay fairly well throughout treatment and it was important to me to be able to carry on working. However, now that treatment is over I have completely lost interest in my work and in most other things - I find it so hard to motivate myself to go in and do a job that seems so pointless suddenly.

I am a civil servant so am hoping that I will offered Voluntary Early Release in April when the first redundancies will start. That would give me the push I need to do something different.

I just with I could feel a bit more motivated and less lethargic.

I am sure that time is the key for us all.

Jacqui