Living with cancer not necessarily the end of your world

I first posted on the Newly Diagnosed forum and nearly two years later I still use it just to keep in touch with a couple of young ladies who have gone through similar but different experiences to me, at the same time. We are blessed with a sense of humour and a positive outlook and anyone reading the thread I started, "Hello from a new member of the family", will see how we are all getting on with our lives.

As we are all just getting on with our lives now, post cancer, it seems a good time to reassure people who are struggling with their situations.

I know many people will have a different outcome, and my heart goes out to them, but for anyone in the first stages of that all encompassing fear and worry of a diagnosis, you could well be someone like me, who, a couple of years down the line will say living with cancer is not necessarily the end of your world so try to be positive and laugh at life.

Christine the Sheltie lady xx

  • Hi Christine woof woof lady.

    Really good idea you've got here, and definitely the right attitude, hoping alot of new comers to the forum will find you and read your old string and through time read the new one and they both give them the strength to be sure and get the right attitude that will help them through the hard bits.

    . take care keep safe.

    Love Billy xxxx

  • Thanks Billy, 

    I had been reading some posts from people at the very first stages of their cancer journey and thought of you, and people like Carol's Norman, who haven't had the wished for all clear, but who do a wonderful job of getting on with their lives and thought it would have been nice to hear, at the start of my cancer journey, something  positive about living with the big C.  I hope anyone reading this will then look you up, too. If nothing else it might help someone to see past the immediate scary future and hear first hand what life can be like. 

    I also read Carol's blog today. I only catch up with it every week or two and was really sorry to hear about Bren's little strokes, then the next thing I read is she is getting up and about! Blimey! You are still and always will be my hero. If more men were like you there would be more happiness in the world!

    I'm going to put a little note up on the 'Newly diagnosed' forum to point people to the 'Living with Cancer' one. It might help someone to sleep at night. 

    Love to Bren, give Bella an ear fondle for me.

    Christine xxx

  • Hello Sheltie Lady!!  At least someone is reading my daily ramblings, so nice to know as thought I was down to Billy and Sue.  Yes you can live with cancer it's really a state of mind once you get over the shuck diagnosis.  I do feel that a lot give up straight away but I'm older and wiser and want to get through it with a smile on my face and Norman is the same.  I speak to people who I rarely see but you ask how they are and they pull a face and say oh I'm OK but!!  Usually they have minor health issues but I listen and think if only you knew, life is too short to moan and whinge, who wants miserable moaney people in their lives, not me!!  So scan results Monday so fingers crossed for holding it at bay.  Love Carol x 

  • Hi so true about the moany thing. When I first learnt of my Stage4 incurable cancer I didn't want people to know but unfortunately a friend I told them spread it around so I did feel like a victim. I have only ever posted the positive experiences on my Facebook ie being able to go for coffee an cake with daughter after suffering nausea for so long. But scroll through an so many people moan about their aches and pains so I try my best to keep myself as near to the person I was before my diagnosis. But it's good to be able to come on forums like this an be ourselves with our strengths and weaknesses and vulnerability that we go through in a daily basis. Keep strong an take care