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Emotional during radiotherapy

Mazduffy
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Hi. I am half way through my course of radiotherapy and feeling really tired which I expected. What I didn't expect is I'm getting very emotional. Although I know they got all the cancer I don't know why I'm bursting into tears for no reason . I know I'm so lucky finding it early so I'll be okay so why am I feeling this way?

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    Hi Mazduffy,

    Regarding what you say about getting very emotional, If you are also being given hormone therapy (ie Tamoxifpen) this could be the reason. Hormone therapy is known to cause mood swings. I had hormone therapy (zoladex) for prostate cancer and at times without much warning, I would burst into tears which was very embarassing as there is the unwritten rule, Grown men dont cry. Cancer causes a lot of emotions which are sometimes harder to deal with than the cancer itself.

    Take care best wishes, Brian.

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    Hi Mazduffy,

    Regarding what you say about getting very emotional, If you are also being given hormone therapy (ie Tamoxifpen) this could be the reason. Hormone therapy is known to cause mood swings. I had hormone therapy (zoladex) for prostate cancer and at times without much warning, I would burst into tears which was very embarassing as there is the unwritten rule, Grown men dont cry. Cancer causes a lot of emotions which are sometimes harder to deal with than the cancer itself.

    Take care best wishes, Brian.

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