Hello I'm not really sure what I will get out of being on here but I know I'm not the only one who has been diagnosed recently and is frightened of what I'm going to be going through
We can just reassure you being on here,I know it's difficult and can be scary but just try not to worry,I have been through all the chemo and radiotherapy and I got through it all,you just have to think positive and it's not all doom and gloom honestly,stay strong and you will get through it all x
just wanted to say hi - I'm in a similar situation. Was diagnosed with Endometrial Cancer in February. Due to have hysterectomy on Wednesday. Thankfully the MRI I had post diagnosis suggests it's been caught very early and is a slow growing cancer. This will be all confirmed by histology after the op.
I found it difficult to get my head around the diagnosis at first - kept thinking they might have got the wrong person, lol! I do feel nervous about my forthcoming op and what to expect beyond this.
When I was diagnosed, I was given the details of a specialist nurse to contact with any questions. Have you been offered the same? I'm amazed how much info that I have been told but then promptly forgot!! I think it must be anxiety that does that!
Great that you are reaching out here - there are lots of people who have come out the other side and it's good see that there are lots of amazing cancer survivors out there xx
I was diagnosed in January with rectal cancer after having a colonoscopy ive have had lots of MRI CT and PET scans. The cancer has spread to my liver too. I have a doctors appointment next week to talk about my up and coming operation to remove the tumour in my bowel it also looks like I'm gonna have a permanent stoma :(
I keep thinking and feeling is this real I can't be that unlucky as I've already went through so much in my life what with a hysterectomy ruptured brain aneurysm chronic pancriatus and now this. I must have been a bad person in my previous life
Yes I was given a cancer nurse and put in contact with lavender Touch who are helping with my anxiety maybe worth a try for yourself
I'm terrified of going through this again what's been and coming . I'm not quite half way through cycle 1 and I'd thought I'd been ill before, but OMG, they have hammered my cancer with a vengeance. I'm stage 3c ovarian cancer. I'm struggling to eat, drink, so many different painful symptoms all at once. So hard to stay positive.
Stage 4 survivor here. It's awful, everything you go through with the treatment.
My best advice is keep a record of how you feel everyday. You will start to see a pattern around your treatment especially chemo.
This is also useful when seeing the doctors in between treatments as you have a record and are not relaying on memory. I had a really bad reaction to the steroids so they reduced the dose.
Don't be afraid to tell them how you are coping especially with eating problems as you need to keep your strength up.
