Interview with Robin Roberts on post-treatment anxiety & depression
This is the first time I've seen this post-treatment period discussed in the popular media, and she really tells it like it is -- like we do here. I highly recommend the article.
Traci
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Thank you for the info
From the summary online, it looks like a very good article, and being a triple negative myself, I'll definitely pick up a copy of the magazine.
I've just had my 2nd of 33 rads and I'm feeling like you stated, that I should be happy that treatment is almost over. Instead I'm feeling fragile and depressed and have been quite pissy to my hubby (who tried to coax me out of it with ice cream last night-LOL.)
JoAnn0 -
Thanksmimivac said:Thanks!
I didn't know she was triple negative. Wow. After treatment anxiety was really unexpected for me. It's a huge challenge that I am still processing after 2 years. I will try to find the article.
Mimi
Traci...Will pick up the magazine...didn't know she was triple neg, like us either...I'm 22 months out of treatment...seems the further out I get apprehension rears it's ugly head...I do a pretty good job of pushing it to the back of my mind..but! I had a total meltdown in my oncologist's office one week before the end of treatment...kept asking, " what do I do now?". After months of chemo and rads I couldn't wait to be finished but scared to death for them to end...felt like I had been fighting for my life for months...it has taken me such a long to feel somewhat normal...and find joy in the things that I did before bc...don't know if this feeling of dread will ever leave...
Mim I always look for your posts as you always have valuable info on triple negative bc...
Wishing ALL of us better days!
Nancy0 -
Thanks NancyMAJW said:Thanks
Traci...Will pick up the magazine...didn't know she was triple neg, like us either...I'm 22 months out of treatment...seems the further out I get apprehension rears it's ugly head...I do a pretty good job of pushing it to the back of my mind..but! I had a total meltdown in my oncologist's office one week before the end of treatment...kept asking, " what do I do now?". After months of chemo and rads I couldn't wait to be finished but scared to death for them to end...felt like I had been fighting for my life for months...it has taken me such a long to feel somewhat normal...and find joy in the things that I did before bc...don't know if this feeling of dread will ever leave...
Mim I always look for your posts as you always have valuable info on triple negative bc...
Wishing ALL of us better days!
Nancy
I think the feeling of dread will come and go for us. Like you, I have found joy again, but then something happens and I am back to questioning whether I will ever be rid of this disease and its aftermath. Congrats on being 22 months post treatment! As you know, your risk drops after a few years as a triple negative. I'm 2 years 3 months past diagnosis and 1 year 8 months past all major treatments. Not that I'm counting or anything.
Mimi0 -
THANKS MIM...mimivac said:Thanks Nancy
I think the feeling of dread will come and go for us. Like you, I have found joy again, but then something happens and I am back to questioning whether I will ever be rid of this disease and its aftermath. Congrats on being 22 months post treatment! As you know, your risk drops after a few years as a triple negative. I'm 2 years 3 months past diagnosis and 1 year 8 months past all major treatments. Not that I'm counting or anything.
Mimi
See? Lol you're always giving me good info! I didn't realize that about being triple neg.....You made my evening!
Xoxo
Nancy0 -
Thanks, Traci. When I broke
Thanks, Traci. When I broke down in my psychiatrist's office,(anxiety c*m laude)(who would think that THAT would get censored! lol) she recommended that I hospitalize myself. So much for feeling safe. I got a new, improved shrink. Now at almost three years out, I still feel anxious sometimes, but mostly I feel much better.
Thanks again for sharing the information about this article.
xoxoxxo Lynn0
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