What It Feels Like to Finally Finish Treatment
“Sometimes you don’t realize the weight of something you’ve been carrying until you feel the weight of its release.”
I didn’t realize how much emotional weight I had been carrying for over a year and a half until my final targeted therapy infusion.
My breast cancer was HER2-positive, a faster-growing type, but one with a specific weakness doctors could target. That meant an extra 12 rounds of targeted therapy every 3 weeks; 9 more months of infusions after 4.5 months of chemo, and surgery. It felt never-ending.
Thankfully, I was already cancer-free when I started the extra rounds, and the side effects were minimal. But going back to the same infusion center, surrounded by others going through different treatments, kept the emotional weight lingering.
When I finally rang the bell after my last infusion, I expected only joy, but what came right after were uncontrollable tears and audible sobs.
Only then did I feel how heavy it had all been… all the worrying, anxiety, stress, and uncertainty. And now I could finally let it all go.
I made it. I survived fourteen months of active treatment. And I am forever grateful for everyone that helped me through every step of my journey.
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