Wendy

As you can see from all the prior posts, part of the "new normal" is to be tired of all you listed. Actually, I was surprised how short your list was, which shows a better attitude than you imagine you have. Were I to make such a list, it would be much much longer and more bitter. My favorite Cancer book is the cartoon one: Cancer made me a Shallower Person.

My advice is to keep reading this forum on a daily basis. It helps tremendously to realize that what we think are unique personal problems turn out to be just part and parcel of surgery, radiation and/or chemo. None of them are a picnic.
Read about how others deal with the same issue(s).

For what it is worth, I emphathize with being tired of "talking" on the phone. I had to spend 4 hours last weekend seeking emergency road assistance for a rental car lost key and 5 out of the six operators just could not understand my speech so I had to spell out T -A -O- S for example, and spell out letter by letter simple things like: "the locksmith code you gave is wrong" . Very frustrating and I had a year's worth of speech therapy. Face to face, I do quite well.
Again, good list, I'm tired of all the same things. If you weren't tired of this, there would be something wrong with you. All we can do is compare these things to our alternative: being dead and choose life each day.
Keep the Faith
Charm



65 yr Old Frack
Stage IV BOT T3N2M0 HPV 16+
2007:72GY IMRT(40) 8 ERBITUX No PEG
2008:CANCER BACK Salvage Surgery
25GY-CyberKnife(5) 3 Carboplatin
Apaghia /G button
2012: CANCER BACK -left tonsilar fossa
40GY-CyberKnife(5) 3 Carboplatin

Passed away 4-29-13