How do other people deal with the prognosis of “you only have six months “. My wife and I went to the pub, then went home, danced sang and cried, a lot… Is this normal? I was given this on 4th July
I was given 4 months 4th May! Myself and my husband did the same. Your normal is the same as mine but others may differ! im scared of what’s to come but doing my best to be strong xx
I have up and down days where I just start to cry or someone says something or just a hug starts me off. Some days disbelief that are they sure!?
I have had two rounds of chemo the first putting me in hospital, it won’t cure anything just help with symptoms! So I thought I would try it, although the cold cap isn’t really working so my hair if falling out. Another kick it feels like.
We have also done a few days away at hotels with great views and fingers x another next week as it’s my birthday. I don’t believe you can be positive all the time so don’t be hard on yourself take each day as it comes. x
I have the ups and downs as well, it’s only been a week. I hope the Chemotherapy gets better for you. I hardly have any bloody hair anyway. Happy birthday for next week, have a fantastic day if you can. X
In your situation, there is absolutely no such thing as a normal reaction. We all react differently and sometimes our reactions seem inconsistent - even to ourselves. Many of us experience anticipatory grief - often for the family milestones we know we probably won’t live to see.
Just remember that any prognosis we’re given is always only an average and none of us are average. I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve heard health professionals warned in conferences that making these sort of statements is dangerous as the statistics only work for large cohorts of patients and they shouldn’t ever be applied to individual patients. We all pressure them for an opinion and average stats are all they have available.
Please ignore the 6 months prognosis, I know of many people who have been given 6 months and 6 years later are here to tell the tale. Just try and enjoy life and hope you will be one of those who beat the statistics, sending hugs
