Exhausted and depressed from cancer.

Hi I remember being tired with taxol. Glad you are almost done. I never cared how I looked, so there was an advantage there. I felt fine being bald ,I had my son in law completely shave my head. It is growing back now. As for my body the scars are kind of daunting but I call them my battle wounds. Kind of makes me feel like a warrior! We are strong , we will go on. It is common to say we are stronger than we think, but is true. There is a t-shirt that has "people ask how I'm so strong,I reply I wasn't given a choice. Be strong , but cry if you want! I found it helpful to give myself a  time limit on feeling sad. then forced myself into my big girl panties and carried on. It was easier as time went on and I was healing from my -surgery .It took longer , because I was diagnosed with type 2  diabetes when I went for my pre surgical testing.  How ever you are feeling when you look in a mirror will pass. You are stronger tan you think> I had a double masectomy with reconstruction. Als had a lymphectomy.  I am done with chemo and radiation. I am still healing . I still need some surgery but I'm doing better. It gets better, slowly. Take it easy, especially now while you are having treatment. If you start to really get depressed, talk to someone anyone, your doctor, a nurse. There are plenty of support groups affiliated with hospitals dont be afraid to sak for hel if you need it . Good luck in your journey. I will pray for you. If you want to vent or talk Im here Ill listen... hope this helped. You are not alone. Denise

Hope all is going well. Have been praying for you. Let me know how you are doing, Denise 

i know how you feel. i just realized i have had bad anxiety daily for 8 years. i had stage 1b lobular breast cancer. The day Trump was first elected, I had bmx, radiation, 4 years of Anestrozole. i’m in remission. Originally my oncologist said no chemo , it won’t work, then called and said since you are doing radiation, i will give you chemo and im going on a trip so you have to decide now. i was freaked out and said you convinced me it wont work. At 5 years my she said i should do scans and they came back NED, i stupidly said, good, so do you think i will be ok? She said “i would never say that because im chinese and superstitious and don’t want to jinx anything. “ i think that is the source of my anxiety. i just dont know how to get passed it. anyone who had bad anxiety let me know how you conquered it, let me know.