Your body is left with scars and not just on the outside, but deep within. It’s poked, prodded, cut, poisoned, and radiated… then you ring a bell and get told you’re “done.” Go back to life. Go back to normal. But no one tells you what remission actually feels like. Especially if you were diagnosed in early motherhood, you’re expected to bounce back, pick up the pieces, keep going. No wonder so many of us burn out. Over the last 8 years, I’ve had to learn how to heal the long tail of treatment: