Random breast cancer thoughts during and after treatment!

We all have them. We meaning those who are diagnosed with breast cancer, going through treatment and even years after treatment. I know I still do so thought I would write them down. They change daily, but writing them is therapeutic. Try it and pleas share!

• Life without a bra.

• Doing one pull up.

• Seeing your hair grow back.

• Checking on how my chest looks.

• Putting on clothes to leave the house in.

• Putting on clothes post op.

• Feeling good without meds.

• What size do I wear now?

• Experiencing. a week that kicks my butt from side effects.

• Grateful for people who really understand.

• My skin itches like hell.

• Counting days pre-op, post-op, treatment.

• Learning to love ourselves as we are.

• Celebrating holidays in a very different way.

• Tricks to getting a good night’s sleep

• Our own language with abbreviations galore, e.g., DMX, BRCA, HER2,

• Drains will be the death of me.

• Last day of chemo.

• Stages, hormones and protein blockers.

• Good days and bad days.

• Treatment regimens from chemo, radiation, lymph nodes, expanders, targeted therapy.

• Grades and stages.

• Cancer free…for now!

• Brain fog.

• Can I catch a break please?