Hi Jess,

Welcome to this friendly forum. Can I ask if you are on hormone threrapy? The reason being is hormone therapy can make you feel weepy and it can also bring about mood swings. I had two years on Zoladex hormone therapy for prostate cancer and I found I could just burst into tears with only a small thing to trigger it off. But it worked well and was a small price to pay for the result I've had.

I often say having cancer affects us in two ways. One is the medical side but the other side of cancer is the emotional and mental affect it has on us, The doctors treat the medical side of things but we have to try and deal with the emotional affects ourselfs and it can be very difficult and can affect different people in many differnt ways. Some put on a brave face but inwardly they are not coping and need to talk about their fears and feelings.

Which is why this forum is so needed for on here we can talk to complete strangers who have or are suffering like us and just by sharing our feelings with others we can make ourselves feel better. It's often the case we feel so alone and that we are the only ones dealing with this but it is so comforting to know other feel exactly the same. 

Take care, sending best wishes and kind thoughts your way, Brian.

Hi Jess,

Welcome to this friendly forum. Can I ask if you are on hormone threrapy? The reason being is hormone therapy can make you feel weepy and it can also bring about mood swings. I had two years on Zoladex hormone therapy for prostate cancer and I found I could just burst into tears with only a small thing to trigger it off. But it worked well and was a small price to pay for the result I've had.

I often say having cancer affects us in two ways. One is the medical side but the other side of cancer is the emotional and mental affect it has on us, The doctors treat the medical side of things but we have to try and deal with the emotional affects ourselfs and it can be very difficult and can affect different people in many differnt ways. Some put on a brave face but inwardly they are not coping and need to talk about their fears and feelings.

Which is why this forum is so needed for on here we can talk to complete strangers who have or are suffering like us and just by sharing our feelings with others we can make ourselves feel better. It's often the case we feel so alone and that we are the only ones dealing with this but it is so comforting to know other feel exactly the same. 

Take care, sending best wishes and kind thoughts your way, Brian.

Hi Brian,

Thank you for your support.   I am on three weekly injections of Herceptin at the moment and don't take anything else.  As one of the side effects can be fatigue, I don't suppose that helps to make me feel very positive.  I think also that while I was having chemo, my life was very focused on just getting through it.  Now I feel as though I should be 100 per cent well, and forget that I am still having treatment. 

I agree that sometimes talking to complete strangers is easier than talking to close friends and family.  It can be a lonely road.  It's not always easy to put on a brave face is it. x