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Fear of cancer returning never far from my mind, is this normal? Also, I'm trying to find out the long term impact of chemo. Can anyone help?

Carole63
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Hello all

I'm hoping to find more information about the long-term impact of chemotherapy on my body. I've been in remission for nearly 8 years now from breast cancer and I have a few health niggles. I've tried the obvious Google search to research known changes that chemo causes but I'm struggling to find much research based stuff. Can anyone recommend any helpful sites or studies please?

On a slightly different note-is it normal to live in almost constant fear of it returning and of suspecting that every illness/pain is due to it returning?

thanks for reading x

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    Hello Carole63,

                               you have received some interesting posts from Jolamine and Dave k , which l found raised some issues to my mind. We humans are both blessed and cursed with a mind that can work on overtime relentlessly if allowed

    . Any of us that went through cancer treatment  and came out the other side would have had the mother of all battles , so l find it hard to hear when you have fought so hard to have a future, you seek to constantly look over your shoulder to see if there's a monkey on your back.

    Thankfully for me l have been given this chance and l embrace my second life completely and only have eyes and mind for the future and each day that takes me there.

    No fat ladies allowed to sing in my world,

                                                                        David

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    Hello Carole63,

                               you have received some interesting posts from Jolamine and Dave k , which l found raised some issues to my mind. We humans are both blessed and cursed with a mind that can work on overtime relentlessly if allowed

    . Any of us that went through cancer treatment  and came out the other side would have had the mother of all battles , so l find it hard to hear when you have fought so hard to have a future, you seek to constantly look over your shoulder to see if there's a monkey on your back.

    Thankfully for me l have been given this chance and l embrace my second life completely and only have eyes and mind for the future and each day that takes me there.

    No fat ladies allowed to sing in my world,

                                                                        David

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