depression after breast cancer
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depression after breast cancer
| Thu, 04-29-2004 - 7:30pm |
I am two years post breast CA...I fought with everything I had to get rid of the disease-had surgery, chemo and radiation. Other than really bad fatigue I was doing fine. Over the last couple of months I have become depressed and 2 1/2 weeks ago I was suicidal. I was hospitalized for a couple of days and now am on 3 meds. but they have not "kicked in" yet. The days are so long and I feel so hopeless and unhappy when I should be celebrating my good physical health. I have never been on a message board before but I hope someone out there has had this experience and help me to get thru these hard days. I feel so guilty-I have my health and am so lucky in that respect. Thanks for any help you might give me.

Welcome hun!
I can imagine the emotional rollercoaster you have been thru battling cancer the last few years so I want to start off with a big HUG!
I have not had experience with battling this type of illness but im sure others have..
*hugs
Deb
Hugs, Brenda
Welcome, Paulspumpkin!
Deb
Hi Paulspumpkin,
In addition to posting on this board, you may want to visit our Breast Cancer Support group if you haven't been there yet:
http://messageboards.ivillage.com/iv-bhbreast
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