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In reply to the discussion: I still wear a mask, do you? [View all]Control-Z
(15,682 posts)Chemo was my first step. It was pretty awful - it took all day to infuse all the impossibly expensive poison I needed. I was still sick from one treatment when I had to go back for another. The surgery was pretty easy. But the radiation, Monday through Friday, for weeks and weeks - for some reason I really hated it.
Really, the worst part was the loneliness, though. No one was allowed to come with me to any of my treatments or tests/scans - except for the oncologist's office. They seemed to understand the need to have a loved one along to receive the kind of info they deliver.
I don't feel like I've fully recovered yet. There were no support groups for the longest time. When zoom started up I was just too deep in the sick. Now I worry about every oncologist's appointment. I especially worry about the 6 week break in chemo I had to take. Like the cancer grew back during that time or something. I'm not sure when the worrying stops.