44. Pain and emotionals

It's been over 5 weeks since I finished my radiotherapy and the pain in my boob seems to be getting worse.

Plus my emotions seem to be a little all over the place.

So my questions are;

- Is the pain normal?

- When will it goes away?

- Why do I feel crappy?

- Am I over tired?

- Is my Fibromyalgia flaring up?

- Is there something playing on my mind?

It seems every weekend I struggle to sleep. Then I'm always tied between resting because I feel exhausted and getting out and having some light exercise to improve my mood.

Today I had a duvet day, as I thought I could do with a rest. But come 6/7pm I felt quite down.

I know I need to change my diet and keep a regular routine but it's hard to do, when I'm feeling in pain and exhausted.

It's so frustrating.

I did post on one of the Facebook breast cancer pages about the pain and they have said it's pretty normal. It can take months to go away. So for now I just need to try and block it out. Pain killers aren't helping so I might need to try something else.

Hot/Cold packs have been recommend, so might give that a go.

https://www.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-information-and-support/treatments-and-drugs/radiotherapy-for-breast-cancer

I might get myself a SAD light as I do wonder if I'm down due to the season.

I also still haven't had a period, my last one was about 6 months ago. Feeling crappy might be just a case of PMT 🤬

I've now got to make the decision to push through it next week or take it easy. I'm trying to build up my hours at work, but I may just have to stick to less hours next week and see how I get on.

I have to keep telling myself to stay positive...