Oh, please don't think that!  I have been feeling terrible of late and wondered the same thing.  Let's be positive together and fight this rotten disease, le's enjoy Christmas and then battle every day.  With my very best wishes to you. x

Hi Harry

Living with cancer makes us all face life with realism, however I always think that healthy people too don't know if this will be their last Christmas. I have taken to living in the now and enjoy every minute the best I can. I know with some certainty that I will enjoy this Christmas, next Christmas? well I'll have to wait to see how life unfolds. All the best for this Christmas! Kim
 

Hi Harry,

I hope this won't be your last Christmas, but enjoy it just in case it is!
This is my third "last" Christmas since I was diagnosed - I'm beginning to feel like a bit of a fraud!

Cheers!
Dave
 

Hi Harry - I have had secondary cancer in the liver for 3-1/2yrs now, plus brain, shoulder, abdominal nodes and like my lovely friend Dave - I am now on my 4th last Christmas lol  !!!!!!   Who knows - ill or not, whether this Christmas will be our last?

Please try not to dwell on your prognosis too much - believe me, I know that it is easier said than done. However, try to understand that you are LIVING with cancer, and not dying with cancer.

Have a great time   -  what are your plans??

Max x

Hello harrycharry,

I also have now got secondaries after 15 years of good health since initial breast cancer was diagnosed. Such a shock. I have been put on Letrozole for lung and had an operation to remove brain metastasis.  We have to enjoy every day and try not to dwell on how long we have. I don't ask, everyone is different. Have a great Christmas and I hope your treatment goes well .

Eileen. 

I totally agree with everything that everyone here has said.  I have secondary breast cancer in my liver and I sometimes have thoughts like what you described.  When I renewed my passport, the thought came into my head, "Will this be my last one?".  I quickly shut that one down!  If anything, cancer has taught me to do the things I've always wanted to do (money willing!) and spending time with loved ones as you do become more aware of your mortality.  Sometimes, in life, you shy away from things that you would like to do but you hold back because some less charitable people would laugh at you or be horrible either to your face or behind your back.  As this life is not my rehearsal, I'm now off doing these things!

We should all form a club ;-)

Nice to know there are so many of us in similar situations and with similar philosophies.

Carpe diem quam minimum credula postero - YOLO ;-)
Dave

Letrozole for lungs?  I was under the impression that this drug was for breast cancer only. 

Merry Christmas.

Hi Baglady ..... I think you will find that the lady does have breast cancer. The lung disease is a secondary. Happy christmas to you too - I hope you are doing ok x

HARRY  -  how are you?

I had Letrozole for endometrial, peritoneal and pelvic cancers.