Just when you thought you'd gone through enough...

I've been widowed, endured various types of abuse throughout life. Thought after getting through therapies for mental health issues that id get a break.

Surely some months of respite from turmoil.

Then along came tumoursaurus rex. Where from?

I was healthy, fit, able, working, giving, caring. Now it was my turn to focus in.

Not used to focusing on me. It was hard. But, blood in urine post menopause set off alarm bells.

My late husband had died of multiple aggressive, metastatic cancers. I'd watched him die. I'd had flashbacks of the hospital bed in our house. Would my story be the same?

Never before have I just had to learn to prioritise or to get things in perspective. 

Mine was contained, a single tumour. Non invasive, treated, treatable. 

  • Hi Liszt,

    Poor you, you certainly deserved some months of respite after everything you've been through. Tumoursaurus Rex, that sounds rather menacing and it's great you managed to keep your sense of humour despite everything! I am so sorry to hear you lost your husband to multiple aggressive metastatic cancers and it must have left a deep mark on you being by his side in his final moment. 

    You are right though when you say that going through something like this helps you in a way to learn to prioritise or put things in perspective and this is something many members of our community will be able to relate to and I hope that you will hear from them and that they will share their own thoughts and insights with you. 

    I am glad that this impressive tumoursaurus rex ended up being contained, non invasive and treatable in the end.

    I hope that you are feeling better now and that you are finding that there is light at the end of the tunnel. You certainly now deserve to breathe a little after all this!

    Best wishes, 

    Lucie, Cancer Chat Moderator