Hi April, I would think this is very normal because the adrenail kick when you first get diagnosed and then the kick agagin when you have surgery is going to come back down again. It's probably the adrenaline that has kept you going and then post surgery you start to actually process properly. I was diagnosed with a carcinoma on the lower eyelid in July and this friday just gone had my surgery to remove a third of my lower eyelid (tumour is being biopsied to see which sub type of basal cell it is. I had reconstruction done at the same time. results on the 9th sept. So all in all very quick so felt very upbeat and positive. yesterday i crashed and spent the last two days wanting to sleep which I have allowed myself to do because I think we must all have an amount of mental and physical exhaustion when faced with this. so yes I do feel down, day 5 post op. because the reality is starting to kick in. My GP said today, basal cell carcinoma is not a major cancer, no it's not but I still have to wait to see if it has infiltrated, with the eye area they are a little more challenging, she unfortunately didn't help how I was feeling. Keep talking about things, talking helps if you feel like taliking. I was asigned a cancer nurse specialist by my hospital so am hoping you have too because if you don't feel yourself lifting then it might be worth a chat.

sending a big hug

Sarah x

sorry to anyone reading my posts at the moment, spelling and mistyping, have a big dressing over my eye xx

Thanks Sarah , never thought about the adrenaline side of it and that makes sense . Sorry to hear about your condition. Hope it heals soon and that's the end of it x