tips for better mammogram?

[szsz]

I obviously need more time to get back to where I was, and I'm going to let it happen without pressure.

Definitely give yourself a break! You will get back to your previous level of fitness. I promise you. But pushing limits this early may result in delays. Revel in your accomplishments, including conquering! (I hate the survivor word, too).

And yes, it is normal to feel down after treatment ends. All of a sudden you're sort of thrust back into life away from cancer and after all the time when life revolved around treatment it can be a bit disorienting. It will normalize.

[margo49]

Yeah, I was told that physically it takes as long to recover as you were in rads - in my case 6 weeks. I would agree. Mostly tiredness.
Emotionally - obviously mightily individual.
And not necessarily the same as how you (one) has dealt with and recovered from other crises. I think the rads do something to yr brain function and the tension (trauma?) has an effect too.
Make it up as you go along...I've just been reading Tao so I'm full of going with the flow.

I always talk like the last book I've read so for what its worth - probly < 2 cents

[redrhodie]

Thank you ladies, that really helps. I had no idea that it would take that long to recover. It's good to know that it will come back (I am worried about that) and that it's not that I'm not trying hard enough.

I'll try to go with the flow. In my new shoes.

[malkin]

Wow, cool shoes!!

[indysteel]

Agreed. I've never heard of that brand before. I'll have to check them out.

[szsz]

You are doing more than trying hard enough!

[redrhodie]

Started taking Tamoxifen this week, and so far, so good. I took most of the week off from riding, just commuted to work one day, and that pretty good. After last week, I obviously needed a break. Still a bit of fatigue, but nothing a nap doesn't help with.

My skin is healing way faster than I expected. Not much color or peeling. My breast feels and looks normal. Very happy.