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Just wrote this for my profile . . . cut and paste!!!!!!

Lung cancer diagnosed in September 2014: treated with op to remove left upper node and course of chemo (just in case)
Year later brain mets and told I was terminal with average prognosis of 6-9 months; treated with gamma knife surgery which was repeated a year later (October 2016) for a new tumour.
Still here and living reasonably without any medical intervention. Only real issues are related to the cancer treatment which has left me with peripheral neuropathy which will never get better.
I have been banned from Macmillan community forum for making statements about sugar feeding cancer: this was seen as 'negative' and 'unsupportive' of those people who enjoy cake. I'm banned but my comments are still there?
I'm hoping to find more empathy and support for my views on this forum??????

  • Offline in reply to mare

    I've just read through your blog. It's the kind of thing I like, talk about the minutiae and about feelings. Did you find that when you were/are open with your feelings and fears that it draws the sting? It's something I recommend to people and I'm interested if it works for others as it has done for me in the past.

    I note that you've had problems from time to time with sticking to your changed lifestyle but I like your approach of throwing everything you can think of. I also like the way you emphasise conventional treatment and that the lifestyle changes are an add on.

    Most of all I'm glad that it all seems to have worked and I hope you crack on with enjoying your life.

  • Offline in reply to Taff

    Thank you Taff! What a lovely kind reply! And thank you especially for reading my stuff; it took me ages to write. I have plenty more to write on the blog, taken straight from my diaries during Chemo, but I haven't gone there for a while as it's all very painful.

    I'll be pretty busy in the next few weeks, so I won't be on here much. But all the very best to you and all your family :)

    And best wishes to everyone on here xxx

    Mary

     

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