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After the Cure
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October 10, 2008 at 7:30 pm
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October 13, 2008 at 7:10 pm
I am a survivor of cancer and all its mired treatments however getting through all of the ongoing crap that goes with the post-cancer period is really what I consider surviving this disease being all about. It is always so confusing and frustrating to have “successfully completed treatment and survived breast cancer” only to be saddled with other continuing chronic symptoms that never seem to dissipate and no one seems to acknowledge are truly real. Having people tell you how great you look but still feeling unwell convinces you that there must be something wrong with you. After all, every other survivor you read about is “getting on with life” and you seem to be stuck in a post-cancer time-warp. I’m slowly dealing with my chemo-brain symptoms, but I don’t know if I will ever reconcile myself to the loss of what I considered one of my greatest assets…my memory and the visual cues that accompanied it. I’m really happy that this research is finally getting out to the public. This information has been sorely needed and will benefit every survivor, whether they have post-cancer symptoms or not.