So scared

Hi I have only just joined these forums- I have been reading them for a while now but had never joined.

My mum has just returned to work after finishing treatment for breast cancer. She was diagnosed last September and she had a lumpectomy-she also had intraoperative radiotherapy during the op followed by fec chemo.

I am now just feeling really strange. I should be elated that she is back to work and stuff but I just cant shift the worry that her cancer is going to come back.

i rarely think about anything else and i get so worried and guilty if we ever fall out or argue.

i suppose i just wanted to hear from other family members- can you ever stop worrying about someone you love so much?X

Hi Laney,

You sound just like my daughter, I can’t know how you are feeling but I can say that I gave my daughter a book to read that really helped her get things in proportion so to speak. I got the book for myself and then passed it to her when I new she was worrying, she gave me such a big hug when she returned it. The book is Coping with Breast Cancer by Dr Terry Priestmen, Shelton Press ISBN 0 85969 968 4 the best £7.99 I have spent in a long time, its probably cheaper from Amazon. It was that good I wrote to the author and received a reply.

Regards

Carol

Thank you so much carol- i going to buy it now

xxxx