Wow - just been told my cancer is incurable. How do you recover from receiving news like that?

Just been advised that my Cancer which has spread to  the right shoulder bone is incurable however with treatment I can live with it.

When you see it in black and white the world falls out. 

How in gods name are you supposed to pick yourself up from news like that? You try to think positive then something  comes along and takes you down another peg.

Rant over ...all the best to everyone suffering with this god awful disease. 

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  • Hi Marty666, so sorry to hear about your terrible news,  I have had breast cancer twice before 2012 then 2019 and thought I'd had preventative Mastectomy only to find a new lump in December last year and that its treatable but not curable as its metastatic this time!, I still can't get my head around it all,  had 2 counselling sessions with macmillan but not really helped I think it's going to be a time thing with regards to accepting the diagnosis,  I still want to wake up and it all be just a bad dream..hang in there you're not on your own with how you feel x

  • Hi, many thanks for your reply and to all others who have responded. I don't think I have come to terms with it but seem to have more better days then bad ones at this moment.I have stopped asking the question what have I done to deserve this, so I count that has progress.

    The other thing that has started worrying me is the results of the full body scan which are due shortly.  Everytime I have an ache or pain now ,I start thinking the worse.  Its a wonder I haven't  completely lost it at this moment in time.

    I wish you all the very best of luck 

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  • Hi, many thanks for your reply and to all others who have responded. I don't think I have come to terms with it but seem to have more better days then bad ones at this moment.I have stopped asking the question what have I done to deserve this, so I count that has progress.

    The other thing that has started worrying me is the results of the full body scan which are due shortly.  Everytime I have an ache or pain now ,I start thinking the worse.  Its a wonder I haven't  completely lost it at this moment in time.

    I wish you all the very best of luck 

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