Breast cancer made a mess of me -- a scarred, sick, bald, burned, depressed mess. The mess was short-lived, though, and I am happy to report that my scars are fading, I'm no longer sick, I have hair, radiation burns are a thing of the past, and most important: I'm not depressed.I took my last anti-depressant pill on Saturday. For some time, I've been tapering my dosage and when I realized on Monday that I was taking my Zoloft only twice per week, I asked my oncologist to recommend an official quitting time. He told me: Now.
So that's it. I'm standing on my own two feet -- no treatment, no counseling, no pills to help me cope. The mess has cleared, and life is once again tidy.
Someone told me in the thick of my cancer madness: This too shall pass. For me, It did.
1. I don't know what you were going through but I know what my boyfriend is going through. He has non-hodgekins lymphoma and is only seventeen years old, just turned seventeen!! I try my best to stay strong for him but sometimes it's just so hard. How long does it take for the scars to heal and the pain to fade away?
Posted at 5:04PM on May 24th 2007 by Kaidy