Hello Diane74

I wanted to post a reply to hopefully offer you some reassurance that the emotions that you've described in your post are perfectly natural after all that you've been through over the last 6 months. I know that many of the community members here will be nodding and recognising your story as something similar to their own experiences. 

You've been under a lot of mental, emotional, and physical stress since your initial diagnosis and it's understandable that even though you're coming to the end of this phase of your treatment you're struggling. 

It's great to hear that your family has been so supportive and understanding. Undoubtedly having that close source of daily support is invaluable. Sometimes, what we also need, is to have some external support where we can rant, be angry, or cry with no fear of judgment or upsetting/worrying the person we are talking to. I know that many of our members have found that support through organisations such as Maggie's and some of our members have found that they have access to counselling support through their hospital team. It's definitely worth talking to your breast care nurse about what support options are available locally. You might also want to chat with your GP for some advice. 

We do have some information on our website about how cancer can make you feel that you may find useful and will hopefully help reassure you that these feelings are a normal part of the cancer journey. You might also want to give our nurses a call and chat things through with them. I know they will be happy to listen and offer any advice, information, and support they can. If you'd like to chat with them they're available Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm on 0808 800 4040. 

Keep in touch here on the forum Diane. Feel free to use this as a safe space to share your thoughts and feelings. We're here to listen and we'll do our best to support you as you move on to the next phase of your treatment. 

Sending you my best wishes, 
Jenn
Cancer Chat moderator