My blog is all about me and my journey with breast cancer. It is a diary of 2010 because I first discovered a problem on New Years' Day. If you want to read it in sequence as a story, then go back to my first post in January. I am chronicling events and treatments so that those who know me can discover where I am at, what has been done, and how I am feeling. It saves me repeating details of what's new to everyone I speak to. I had long wanted to be a faithful diarist, and not give up after a wee while. Your occasional comments will be an encouragement to me to continue. Names have been changed to protect the innocent!

Tuesday, November 02, 2010

2nd November coming to the end of treatment

I am not feeling as happy as others would have me feel, reaching the end of treatment in two days' time.
I fully expect the oncologist to say to me, when we have that meeting on Wednesday morning, "Well, that's it now. Well done. We've dealt with your cancer using everything known to modern medicine. It's gone. So you can get back to normal. Just take the Tamoxifen daily for 5 years. And - that's it. We're done here. You can go on your merry way. Come back next year if you decide you really want reconstructive surgery. Apart from that - bye! .. Next!"
I found an article by Paul Harvey, a consultant clinical psychologist, quite helpful. It explains to me why I'm not feeling so great.
http://www.cancercounselling.org.uk/northsouth/extra4.nsf/WebResClient/1761049276601BD68025735B00604834/$FILE/article3.pdf?openElement
Apparently it's quite normal to feel miserable and insecure. Great. Having just about finished with the medics, I'm lined up nicely for needing the shrinks!
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