Radiation …guilt.
Good afternoon. I finished radiation treatment today and I feel like it was no big deal. I only had five treatments for grade 1 …IDC. I met some lovely people in those five days. Most were having several weeks of treatment, and I felt bad because I was only having the five. I somehow felt out of place, like I wasn’t truly going through a case of breast cancer. It’s hard to explain but I’m sure some of you can relate. This was a short lived event, and I was somewhere I didn’t belong. When I finished the treatment today a nurse asked if I would like to ring the bell? I said no, I only did five treatments I certainly don’t deserve to ring any bell. She smiled and nodded her head as if to say, I understand. Has anyone else dealt with the guilt of not having a more invasive cancer?