post teatment depression and anxiety

[SD4020]

Originally Posted by charolastra00

I found transitioning out of treatment and back into the world of "healthy people" more difficult than any aspect of active treatment. Most of the people around you have moved on from your treatment and unfortunately, nost people expect you to bounce back. But you don't, not right away. It takes awhile to get back to where you were physically or mentally, and some never get back 100%. That's hard to swallow.
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That expectation that you are normal right after treatment was a huge issue for me and my ex. I explained it time and again, and it didn't register.

[stepka]

OP I am in the middle of reading a great book by David Servan-Schreiber, MD, PhD called Anti-Cancer: A New Way of Life. It talks about lifestyle factors you can adopt to make a recurrence much less likely and the author is a 17 yr survivor of brain cancer. I like it because it gives you a feeling that you have some control over this and I suspect much of your depression stems from a feeling of powerlessness. To get started, drink green tea! I don't like it much but I'm starting today.