Hope you have recovered well from Covid and that you can get your scans & tests done soon.

Hello Umit yes I have recovered from COVID and all my family have as well. I had to cancel all my tests and this caused me some frastration. Anyway I am back on track and feel very well. Cancer is a strange disease very sneaky. I have had my MRI scan and my PEC scan as well. I have my fine needle biopsy tomoz. I have been carrying  on as normal but I have had trouble completing my paper work at work. I have found that your mind plays tricks on you, but I am not going to aces google Doctor any more. I have really scared myself. I am by nature a laid back person and in my job you need patience and this I do have. I have been told that I have Clinically Tonsillar Carcinoma with metastatic nodes in my left neck. So I am waiting for the likely diagnosis. I am very frieghtened about this but what can I do? I will fight and I am going to keep positive, the funny thing is that I feel very good fit and strong. I am a bit annoyed because at the moment I can not run ‍♀️ I really over did my trying 11 weeks ago and so I just walk which I enjoy. I hope you are fit well and happy Umit all the best Fooman.

Hello there,

Good to hear you've made a strong recovery. And I'm pleased to see your scans weren't delayed by long. I guess the biopsy will tell them if it's HPV positive, as that will likely influence the treatment. 

And good idea to stay away from Doctor Google. It's normal to feel frightened. If it ever gets too much, anti-anxiety medication works miracles. I was living overseas, and they had a psychologist attached to the Cancer unit, so I used to have chats with him. He prescribed small doses of medication for around a month mainly to help me try and get up to 6 hours sleep a night. The second time around, I didn't need them, having developed more of an acceptance of my condition.

I can understand the frustration with not being able to run. I was a jogger before diagnosis 1. Became a runner in the 9 months between diagnoses, had to switch to cycling after over-doing the running, and now, I'm over-doing the cycling. 

This last 2 years, we've lived here in the UK, in areas of outstanding natural beauty, where exercising makes you feel especially alive - and after going through what we have all gone/are all going through, feeling alive is important!

The exercise helps us to stay positive, and the endorphins it releases work their magic on the soul.

I hope your treatment & recovery passes quickly, allowing you to get back to your own exercise regime.

Umit

Hello Fooman,

I hope you are coping well.

Hello Fooman,

I hope you are coping well.