I'm done my treatment, and I feel worse than ever.

[shrike]

7. I think what you're feeling is pretty normal

I post on a site called Breastcancer.org, and a lot of the ladies there agree that depression often sets in once treatment's done. We think it's because you're so focused on getting well, fighting the cancer, getting through the side effects. Only when it's over do you really get a chance to process what's happened to you.

As for the news you got regarding the lymph nodes: you're allowed to feel upset, for heaven's sake, it's cancer. I think a support group or psychologist, as mentioned by others on this thread, would be a good idea. Go to your local cancer resource center. There should be services at low-cost or no cost to you.

The human brain does adjust to bad news. You'll get through it, especially with help.

As for the odds for 3C, those numbers don't necessarily apply to you personally. Early-stagers recur, late-stagers live long lives. When it comes to cancer, no one knows for sure. And besides, even if it's a 30 percent survival rate someone's got to be in that 30 percent, right? It might as well be you.