I just don't think we can fit even a majority of people getting treated for OC into a mold, whether it be how they will react during Tx or how they will recover post Tx.

First off all of us are unique individuals with our own physical and mental makeups. Add to that equation pre Tx major surgery to no surgery; many chemos to no chemo; radiation (IMRT to RT) up to 72 gys spread over a different targeted path; Peg tube vs. no Peg tube; and I'll throw this in HPV+ vs. HPV- cancer.

What I think we should be telling fellow patients, caregivers and concerned bystanders is what we say many times...we can all react differently and that the Tx can be anywhere from a inconvenience to a nightmare and that the recovery can take a very long time, even years.

My point is that I don't want anyone to feel as if they are not "normal" during or post Tx and what is "normal" is up to them. Everyone has enough to deal with without feeling that they are not dealing with the Tx or recovering "normally" because something additional may be wrong with them.