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Ashamed to say it but feel envious of others who don't have cancer and are able to enjoy life fully

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My prognosis is very positive but treatment is still long-winded,  challenging and feels like it will last forever.

I look at it by saying to myself that when it's all over taking up again the things I used to enjoy will be extra special.  Also I realise that one in  two will get cancer in their lifetime so none of us is out of the woods 

Any other thoughts?

Hopecalm

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    Hi there fully understand where you’re coming from.

    I wouldn’t wish a cancer diagnosis on anyone but when you witness first hand close relatives and friends abusing their bodies it really is annoying to say the least.

    I was totally in a state of shock and disbelief when I received my PC metastatic diagnosis having always been conscious of leading a healthy lifestyle - it simply didn’t make sense.

    l always exercised frequently, had a healthy diet,  never smoked or taken drugs and had a very occasional pint of Guinness 

    Yet I see others smoking like  chimney’s drinking to excess and eating like a pig at a trough without any apparent detriment.

    They even seek to justify their cavalier attitudes by holding you up as a poor advert for so called healthy living !!!

    I don’t feel a victim because if it can happen to me it can happen to anyone -  no one is bulletproof 

    Good luck !

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    Hi there fully understand where you’re coming from.

    I wouldn’t wish a cancer diagnosis on anyone but when you witness first hand close relatives and friends abusing their bodies it really is annoying to say the least.

    I was totally in a state of shock and disbelief when I received my PC metastatic diagnosis having always been conscious of leading a healthy lifestyle - it simply didn’t make sense.

    l always exercised frequently, had a healthy diet,  never smoked or taken drugs and had a very occasional pint of Guinness 

    Yet I see others smoking like  chimney’s drinking to excess and eating like a pig at a trough without any apparent detriment.

    They even seek to justify their cavalier attitudes by holding you up as a poor advert for so called healthy living !!!

    I don’t feel a victim because if it can happen to me it can happen to anyone -  no one is bulletproof 

    Good luck !

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