Hi I’m 14 years on and have the same problem, low energy, few plumbing changes that make life awkward and The feeling of being useless as you are doing a junior position but knowing that you don’t trust yourself to be as good as you were is depressing .  I found volunteering gave me my confidence back, I volunteered in many ways, as a fund raiser, a ward volunteer, as an expert patient on various pathway boards and did some public speaking to people about life after cancer, and the difficulties of adjusting to the new me,, finding my new strengths and weaknesses (quite a tough but surprising journey.). I did a few free courses to stretch me and to see how I would cope with learning and retaining new information, as chemo brain seemed to be a constant companion.  I am now working for myself, still doing some volunteering and consulting on what I used to do. It means I’m in charge of my time and can plan good days and rest days. If you go part time or job share with someone else who needs to be flexible that can work well I can go full time for 4 - 6months but then I need the same time off to get back to being stable again. It depends what you do if that’s possible. It also depends on which cancer and what the treatment was as to how it will change things. I was 48 when diagnosed it’s taken me a long time to adjust.  Sounds like you are doing well to be 10 years on but find it frustrating to feel held back and stuck by things you can’t really control. Hopefully you can find the energy to do a few hours volunteering, chose something that you like or want to be involved in, use it as a safe environment to see how things go. Hopefully something here will be helpful. Cheers L 

Hi I’m 14 years on and have the same problem, low energy, few plumbing changes that make life awkward and The feeling of being useless as you are doing a junior position but knowing that you don’t trust yourself to be as good as you were is depressing .  I found volunteering gave me my confidence back, I volunteered in many ways, as a fund raiser, a ward volunteer, as an expert patient on various pathway boards and did some public speaking to people about life after cancer, and the difficulties of adjusting to the new me,, finding my new strengths and weaknesses (quite a tough but surprising journey.). I did a few free courses to stretch me and to see how I would cope with learning and retaining new information, as chemo brain seemed to be a constant companion.  I am now working for myself, still doing some volunteering and consulting on what I used to do. It means I’m in charge of my time and can plan good days and rest days. If you go part time or job share with someone else who needs to be flexible that can work well I can go full time for 4 - 6months but then I need the same time off to get back to being stable again. It depends what you do if that’s possible. It also depends on which cancer and what the treatment was as to how it will change things. I was 48 when diagnosed it’s taken me a long time to adjust.  Sounds like you are doing well to be 10 years on but find it frustrating to feel held back and stuck by things you can’t really control. Hopefully you can find the energy to do a few hours volunteering, chose something that you like or want to be involved in, use it as a safe environment to see how things go. Hopefully something here will be helpful. Cheers L