Cancer survivor and depression

Hi All. My user name is Purrs. As in my beautiful fur baby cat.

I have joined this morning as i an currently a stage 3 uterine cancer survivior patient of 3 years.

Sadly ontop of this i have Graves thyroid disease which is making my  life unbearable.

The symptoms are awful. I spend my days housebound and quite frankly as there is no cure i

feel worse than i did fighting the the cancer. 

I was wondering if anyone else out there had so far survived cancer only to be housebound with

another awful disease.

I lost my beloved other cat and my husband to cancer within weeks many years ago and find little pupose

in fighting each day. The only reason i go on is because of my beloved cat. I have no children.

Friends and family are few and far between and i feel just to get an understanding text from someone every

now and then that understands how i feel would be a great help.

Well thank you for reading this today.

All the best to you all. xxxxx

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  • I care a lot about a cat here! Absolutely love her.

    You know, there are people who have been fine on carbimazole or propylthiouracil for years. (Though getting the dose right, and adjusting thyroid hormone of using a block and replace approach, sometimes takes far too long.) And there are a few new medicines in trial. Might be available while the current medicine(s) are still working.

    My thyroid issue is the easy side - simple hypothyroidism - but I am well aware how bad it can be at times for others across the range of thyroid disorders.

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  • I care a lot about a cat here! Absolutely love her.

    You know, there are people who have been fine on carbimazole or propylthiouracil for years. (Though getting the dose right, and adjusting thyroid hormone of using a block and replace approach, sometimes takes far too long.) And there are a few new medicines in trial. Might be available while the current medicine(s) are still working.

    My thyroid issue is the easy side - simple hypothyroidism - but I am well aware how bad it can be at times for others across the range of thyroid disorders.

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