| Platinum Member (300+ posts) Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 458 | Ok so I've done the 3 month scan, finally a clear one. Start thinking, great! Got this pretty much dealt with go on with life.
Then as my wife and I were discussing things like retirement options, should we just save money or use some of it to purchase retirement property now so it's paid off etc, I begin to think. "Should I even be bothering to plan past 2 or three years?" Is this a case of, like one footwear product I tested (do that for a living, destructive testing) don't plan on any longer than the 2 day pass at Disney World?
My wife's a bit younger than I, and she keeps saying she wants me to live another 30 years. I tell her "no problem" but I always wonder if I"m just "blowing sunshine."
How do you deal with this stuff. Does this feeling, along with the recovery pain, pass with time as more and more clear scans come to pass?
Just wondering.
SCC Tongue, stage IV diagnosed Sept, 2002, 1st radical neck dissection left side in Sept, followed by RAD/Chemo. Discovered spread to right side nodes March 2003, second radical neck dissection April, followed by more RAD/Chemo.
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