MONDAY MEMOIRS - It's Time To Feel Better...

I was reading through some old posts on my breast cancer blog, and something I read reminded me of what I wanted to post today....

"When I was diagnosed with breast cancer, I never thought that 10 months later I would feel this awful. I thought that when I finished with chemo, things would get better - that chemo was the worst of it. It's hard to get going again with my life when I'm still not feeling well. There is a light at the end of the tunnel, however. Several people I talked to, who have had cancer and chemo, have told me that this will last for about a year and then things will get better. A year is a long time. It's difficult to get back to taking care of my family and back to work when things hurt. But at least it will get better at some point."

So, the questions for this week in your cancer journal - When you were first diagnosed, how long did you think your cancer journey would be? Did you expect to feel all better as soon as your treatments were done, or were you a bit more realistic than I was?

By-the-way, the paragraph above was written in June of 2009. So, it's been about 15 months since then. I'm still not at 100%, but I'm feeling much better than I was at that time. Since then, I've heard different things from other cancer survivors - some say 1 year, some say 3 years. But, they all assure me that I WILL eventually feel so much better. I look forward to that day!

-KARA