Emotions or madness?????

Hi, sorry to hear your having a bad day but we have all been there and the best place to go is your Local Cancer Support Centre where you can laugh cry rant do whatever you feel like because EVERYONE understands or ring them for a chat I would have been lost without them.
I call over for a cuppa and a chat twice a week and have learnt relaxation and been for reflexology, Indian Head Massage e.t.c
Give it a try im sure you would benifit from it.
Take Care CeeDee

Thanks for that ceedee. Does anyone know of any support groups near edenderry am fairly fed up of travelling to Dublin for hospital. Am too scared of the phone don't know what else to try

Thanks Madge

Hi,just googled Cancer support and there is one in Mullingar great web site www.larcc.ie or one in Tullamore Dochas or if you want a chat private mail me and we can talk dont try and cope on your own we are all here to help
Claire

Hi

So sorry you are feeling like this.Do try the support group if you can we cant do this alone im just coming to that realisation!!!!2 chemos to go then surgery.I am going to try find my local one in dublin.
I have been reading posts here and i have found them great.Its nice to feel like im not on my own with all the mixed feelings that come with each stage.
I hope you find somewhere soon and please feel free to pm me too if i can be of any help or just an ear to listen.

We are not alone we have each other
xx

Hi ladies,

I cant offer any support with the grumpy teenager other than it sounds pretty normal but if you are not in a good place yourself then the moods will be unbearable.

I am over 3 years out from my BC diagnosis and mostly back to the new normal!!!

I only survived the journey in the company of others who wore the same shoes. We met up virtually on the magic mum.com web site then arranged to meet in person and shared phone numbers etc. The ladies there were a little further ahead in than I was in terms on treatment. We still meet up! If i had not had my magic mums I would have cracked up.

Don't try to do it alone when there is LOADs of support out there and indeed on here. Meeting people over a cuppa really really helps.

Just wondering Whether your children might also need some counselling to help them process all that is going on. If you can get access to the social worker in the hospital you attend they might have some suggestions
Lindylu

Ah Madge

On a bad day, it's a crappy auld road, and I'm pretty sure that most people on this forum will be able to relate to you on some level.

As much as I'm a pretty confident and upbeat woman, there isn't a hope that I would have coped with going through my journey last year without my immediate family, relations and friends. However, this year, I'm using the local cancer support centre as a way to experience understanding, hope and advice that I couldn't have imagined using last year. Last year, I was front page news and everyone wanted to know the next installment; this year, it feels like it was all a one day wonder. Funny old world really.

The big thing is - talk. You might need to talk to your family and friends in a way you didn't do last year and tell them that you aren't doing great today. Sometimes talking to a complete stranger could give the best relief; it takes practice and more than one chat to really get to the point of what's driving you to the level of distress you were at when you posted. You might also consider mentioning what you said here, to your nurse and doctor when you go for Herceptin again - it is a very real issue that they might be able to advise you with from their perspective; don't forget they have seen it all before.

Like everyone said prior, you are not on your own - sometimes it's hard to ask for help but you will find that people will stand on their heads when they realise how low you are feeling.

Wishing you peace and health x

Hello ladies

I'd like to thank you all for your kind words do feel very down but also don't want to talk to anyone. This board is getting me to open up slowly hopefully this will continue. Seem to,be having one crisis on top of another with no respite but thats family life

Got up this morning full of good intentions but already back in bed! Just want to snap out of this mood.

Thanks

Madge

How are things going madge? I have been to the Larcc center in mullingar is great. I had an Indian head massage, it was great just chatting.