my last week of treatment
When this nightmare started 5 months ago, the end to it all seemed a lifetime away.
Although its been a long hard road, with the help and support of all my friends & family, it has been doable (more or less).
I found the last 6 weeks of radiotherapy, the most draining. Its the fact that you have to have the treatment everyday that makes it so hard.
The constant going to and from, the hospital and seeing all those white coated clad doctors, only confirm that your ill. I don’t mind if I never see another hospital again, however this is highly unlikely as I will still have to have check ups every few months.
Have I beaten the grim reaper? Not entirely as we all have to go sometime. However I’ve definitely come to an end of a road, one which I do not want to go down again. Read more
radiotherapy the half way point
I thought having radiotherapy would be a piece of cake, well not this slice.
The treatment itself is nothing, it takes just minutes to do and is pain free which is a blessing after chemotherapy.
The hardest thing I have found is trekking to the hospital everyday. I don’t mean I find it physically tiring but mentally.
I think it’s the thought of going back to the hospital everyday as it seems a constant reminder of what you have been through, something I would rather forget. Read more
the long road from breast cancer
Everyone told me that things would be easier once chemotherapy was over and to be honest I believed them.
I’ve hit a bit of a landmark, diagnosis and heartache over with, pre-operation nerves and heartache over with, operation over with, Xmas & New Year over with and finally chemotherapy over with. Phew!
There are so many hurdles I’ve overcome you’d think I would be happy. I can only agree, I should feel good about things but the opposite is true.
For all the heartache and sickness through chemotherapy I found it easier to deal with that, than radiotherapy. I’m not really sure why but here are my thoughts: Read more