I could not decide where to post this but decided to post it here to try and give hope and encouragement to everyone undergoing chemo.
I finished mine in June 2006 and by the end of it was suffering from severe depression and was a complete mess physically and mentally. I thought my life would never get better and I had been dealt a life sentence of misery.
Gradually over the last 15 months I have started to feel a bit better each week . Today I went for my 6 month check up with onc feeling v worried. I needn’t of been, He said all was fine and as far as he was concerned I was for all intents and purposes cured! He doesn’t want to see me for another year.
I finally feel that I have reached the light at the end of the long tunnel and I just wanted to say that as bad as it gets you will all get there it just takes some longer than others. If I can feel like this then so can anyone as I was a complete wreck. My hair is nearly shoulder length again and there are some days when I dont even think of BC.
I just wanted to write this to give everyone hope and to emphasise that these dark days DO pass.!
What a lovely post to write. Giving so many of us hope and belief that there is light at the end of the tunnel and we can come out the other side smiling again.
I am really glad to hear that 15 months down the line you are “free” of the Big C, and that your hair has grown back too. Must be so lovely and I bet you live each day to the full now, and don’t take everything for granted. Good luck to you and heres to a long and happy life.
Thank you, Thank you for your beautiful post, it does help to hear that someone, You, have come out the other end and are ok. I am so, so pleased for you, I pray and hope it stays the same for you. It is great that you have given to others some encouragement. Depression is such a hard thing to go through, been hospitalised twice over last 10 yrs for 3months at a time with it (not through BC) and at the time you see no way out, but you get there. Well done and wishing you lots of future happiness.
As I am just beginning treatment, have had my mastecomy but waiting for scans (next week) and then to start chemo, your post was really good reading it great to hear that someone has gone through so much and has come out the end with a positive future.
What a boost your message will be for everyone reading this. When we read good things that are positive it gives us all hope, determination and it encourages us to keep going - not that we have any choice - but it may just make it easier.
I wonder if there could be a separate topic entitled “Good News” or something similar as I feel rather than searching or going all through the threads we just could click on that particular topic and get “instant lift”. What do you think moderators?
congrats on finishing all your treatment and achieving that milestone. It really sounds like things for you are on the up and life is getting good again. I’m so pleased for you.
Its always nice to read these posts, and it certainly gives those of us that are currently undergoing treatment renewed hope when it may be waining!! Its always good to hear that there definately is light at the end of the tunnel, however far away it may seem sometimes,
I am so pleased that my post cheered so many people up. I think that Kelly’s idea of having a category for good news/positive articales is a brilliant idea.
When I was in the depths of despair I used to trawl through everything trying to find something that would cheer me up and give me hope. I know how much these postings made a difference when I found them and I think it would be great to be able to access them straightaway when you are feeling down.
It really is good to read such a positive message and thank you for sharing it with us. Def think their should be a topic for it. Just what you need when you feel down. Guess most people don’t visit the forums when they are free from BC so we don’t hear there stories.