131 AFTER /// CHAPTER 84 Getting Back to Normal There is nothing ordinary about returning to ordinary life after cancer treatment. No matter how much you have been looking forward to it, it can still be weird, difficult and scary. What exactly is a " normal " life now? You and the people around you have just faced a life-threatening illness and overcame massive challenges. At the risk of stating the obvious, life has seriously changed. When treatment ends, it might be easier to think about redefining life rather than reconstructing it. By starting a new chapter of your life, you're free to begin again however you want. Your new kind of " normal " might include changes to the things you do, your plans for the future, your outlook on life and in the things that you consider important. As you end active treatment, you enter a stage known as " survivorship. " When your treatment finally ends...what do you do now? The transition into survivorship can be both exciting and confusing. Figuring out what to do after cancer treatment is one of the hardest things for a cancer survivor to do. It's important that you give yourself time to adjust. Keep in mind: Getting over cancer is not as simple as healing the body and getting rid of the disease.https://fwaya.org/