| Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: May 2002 Posts: 2,152 | Yes there is. You go bury your head in the sand.
There is no use worrying. It won't make anything bad better and it very well can have a negative impact on other aspects of your life. Let your doctors do the worrying for you. You see them often enough that if something bad is going on, it will most likely be caught early. If they miss something, you will most likely catch it yourself. As long as you are not indulging in behavior that it likely to cause a reoccurence, you are not helping yourselves by worrying. Here's hoping it is not cancer, but until you are told it is, try not to stress out too much.
Take care, Eileen
---------------------- Aug 1997 unknown primary, Stage III mets to 1 lymph node in neck; rt ND, 36 XRT rad Aug 2001 tiny tumor on larynx, Stage I total laryngectomy; left ND June 5, 2010 dx early stage breast cancer June 9, 2011 SCC 1.5 cm hypo pharynx, 70% P-16 positive, no mets, Stage I
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