Platinum Member (300+ posts) Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 382 Likes: 3 | One of the biggest helps to get over the blues that helped me was to get on this forum and hear from others that the treatment is survivable!! That in a few months things DO start getting better. Yes, there is a new normal, but it doesn't have to stop anyone from enjoying every day of their life to the fullest. Attitudes change and there is HOPE here!!! If we can make it so can they.
Get a feel from the posts of time lines for recouperating and let them know that for many cancer isn't a death sentence. Life may be short or long but make every day count. Plan for a future trip and put pictures around your house of where you are heading. Get focused beyond the disease and before you know it those days will come! Its a journey for sure, but one that can be beat! - Kris
SCC Stage IV left tonsil neck disection 3/02 radiation finished 6/02 chemo finished 9/02 Stage 2A left breast cancer 3/09, chemo and radiation, finished treatment 2/7/10 -Stage 2 right beast cancer 10/14 chemo and radiation Every day is still a gift :-)
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