Hi Junas, Sometimes it is really hard when treatment has finished to just get up and move on. It has taken over your life totally for a time and just because treatment is finished doesn't mean that mentally the whole experience is finished. Take it steady and If you can find one thing at a time to get back into it might just be the way to go. It can be something small that you used to do and enjoy pre cancer. If that seems to hard then try to find one positive thing out of each day and write it in a book. It can be as small as doing something you couldn't do yesterday like go to mail box or talk to a neighbor, doesn't matter what it is it really just means you start looking for the little positive thing to write down each day, and focus less on the negative, then start looking for two things. But the important thing to remember is you are NOT alone, many of us have the same issues when treatment finishes. . Hope this has helped just a little. ... View more

Yes ladies it is hard to know, when do we class ourselves as survivors. I think the fact that we are still here be it as soon as we are diagnosed, 1,2,5 or 10 years later we are survivors. Even though I am now fighting secondaries in my head I survived the first diagnoses and I have so far survived the second one. Even though sometimes it is tough. And Marshie some people do it a lot tougher than others, your husband has done so well and I hope things improve for him soon. 42isananswer, celebrate your 5 years of surviving in a big way and even make plans for what you can do at 10 years. Thinking of you both. ... View more

Hi 42istheanswer, It is funny how we put such importance on milestones like 5 years. I was diagnosed with breast cancer in sep 2006 followed by chemo, mastectomy and radiation treatment. Then life went on as normal as it can after a cancer diagnoses. Then at my 4 1/2 year check, June 2011, we found bone mets and I also now have liver mets. It's funny how I feel that just 6 more months and I would have made it but really it would be no different, I was obviously meant to get it back, and think I'd had for a while but it hid very well. Celebrate your 5 year mark however you like, some people get tattoos, others throw parties others just let it slide by. I love hearing and reading the stories of those who get to that cancer free mark as it gives so much hope to all those fighting this awful disease. So if you want to celebrate, do so for you, your loved ones and those battling cancer. ... View more

Hi Jackie, I have just joined cancer connections and have read your story and am wondering how things are going now? Hope things have improved for you and you are getting the support you need and deserve. Xx ... View more