I'm 23 months post diagnosis, had multiple surgeries, sepsis, chemo, rads, hormone therapy and lymphoedema which is infected, so there is a year of antibiotics in the mix! Not much going on! Had to change hormone therapy due to the severity of side effects, improved but still get pain every day and awful night sweats. Fatigue is quite a problem as well. Weight piling on since ovaries removed despite diet not changing. I've not been able to return to the nursing job I love and have spent months waiting for redeployment and now have a desk job for the next six months. I just feel as though I've never got my mojo back, everything in life feels like a battle, I'm not depressed (been there, treated and recovered post treatment). Every day feels difficult and I finally now look like me, just with shorter hair! My best friends tell me not to worry, but I seem to have lost all my motivation and confidence since this diagnosis arrived out of the blue. All the ladies I have met along the way seem to be getting on with life, but mine seems to be lying down, not even standing still! Am I alone in feeling like this? Or is it more widespread? There's no support from hospital once active treatment is done. I'm missing the old me who had lots of energy, never stopped and got things done, but had fun along the way!
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