Once Upon A Time, I Was A Healthy Person

I have many friends who, after cancer, get back to their old lives for the most part. I ' m not talking about that ' new normal ' bull, but just doing normal things like going back to work, taking part in all their family activities and all sorts of regular, every day life things.Me, I did not get to go back to my regular life after breast cancer. My body had other plans for me. It decided it was time to fall apart.After breast cancer, I got gall stones and had my gallbladder out six months after radiation ended. That winter I slipped on the ice, landed on my left hand and started all my lymphedema crap.The following fall my back started hurting. When I realized I was taking OTC pain meds every day, I went to the doctor. I ended up being diagnosed with degenerating disks among other things. Later I sprained my ankle badly that included bone chips. I also hurt my right knee, again - previously injured skiing in 2001.That went on fine until three years later when I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia which is a whole barrel of fun. In 2015, I fell in my backyard and managed to tear my ACL in my left knee.What else? I don ' t know. I have had basic dental stuff, possible recurrence with thyroid cancer that turned out to be nothing, and I can ' t remember anything. I have been to PT probably five times for different ailments.So, I am not a healthy person post cancer. I have a very dilapidated body post two cancers. I must be ' healthy ' due to all the medicat...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: ailments being healthy being me Source Type: blogs