Pretending to be strong

I had bladder cancer last year and ended up having surgery to remove my bladder, urethra, uterus and tubes etc and some nodes.  I had a reconstruction and catheterise via my belly button (mitrofanoff) .  Everything works fine and my last ct scan showed no sign of the cancer.  My problem is I feel very alone with this new me, my confidence is low and 7 months post op I am back at work and that's great...but inside I feel on the verge of crying alot.   I pretend it's all fine and its not...I'm so different 

  • Hi there ...

    Bless ya, all most of us want is to get back to "normal" after cancer ... thing I've found is, it changes us .. wer never quite the same as we once was ... that's not a bad thing ... because it makes us realise just how precious time is ... how life looks the same, yet everything has changed ...

    I think we have to celabrate a new "us" an us that has been on the scariest ride of our lives ... on this cancer rollercoaster... not even knowing if we can get off .. we've put our life / future in everyone else s  hands .. very little control on where that rollercoaster is taking us ... we sit and hold on tight ... and see hundreds of others on the same ride ... in a way wer all in a club, were only us know just how scary it feels to not know if we have a future ...

    So be kind to your self ... it's like you were being held up, the same as a baby .. trying to walk on your own, but your used to all those around you on this journey holding you up .. now you look round and there's just you, walking alone ... no wonder so many have problems adjusting... but wer all still here, watching you walk all on your own, hoping one day we all get to do that .. 

    So look at the world differently ... it hasn't changed, but you have ... enjoy all those things we used to take for granted ... be around kind people .. move away from crule moaning people ... grab life with both hands and step by step, help make this world a kinder place ...  Chrissie