Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | Not a doctor here but many of us have a big letdown post Tx leading some to a state of depression but probably affecting all as we feel the affects of being "abandoned and cut off" from our daily doctor visits. We are told that we FINISHED Tx but we feel horrible and we also wonder what next, am I cancer free; what about recurrence, etc, etc. Our mental activity can cause a lot of adverse affects during and post Tx so his inability to sleep may well be attributed to his mind working in overtime behind the scenes so to speak. I have always maintained that the mental part of this cancer is 50% of our battle yet even at CCC's almost all of their attention is focused on the actual killing part and it's physical side effects. IMO all CCC's would do everyone a huge favor if they added a physiologist to the active part of their team and made us see them at the very beginning, at the very end and maybe a few times in between and afterwards.
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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