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Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 36 | My surgery was in the summer and I am ok, as far as anyone knows at least. I am not depressed but for the last 6 weeks I have been driven to tidy up loose ends in my life. This is not just relationships but areas of the house as well. I am compelled, for reasons I do not understand, to put my affairs in order. My husband is a physician and has noticed this behavior, he hoped it was a passing phase but realizes as the weeks go by that I am super calm, methodical, and quite simply...turning into His personality type! We chatted about it today and I told him I have this deep feeling that I need to straighten everything out in the house that quite simply I need my house to be in "dying order" as the older folks would have said back in the day.
Any insight would be appreciated.
Thanks! Nancy
55 yrs, Female, smoked for 4 yrs 35 yrs. ago, SCC right underside tongue and floor of mouth, laser surgery took 1/3 tongue Aug 2010, 3 weeks later in Sept right neck dissection 40 nodes removed with 1microscopic spot in one node. No chemo or radiation.
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Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | I totally understand - check out my posts in this same topic!
I think it's normal. actually part of the "new normal".
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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"You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
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Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 1,409 | I too think these reactions are a normal outgrowth of nearly dying. The world has changed for all of us. I find it a most positive place. Which doesn't mean I don't keep my apartment clean...
Courage, Nancy. Sounds to me as though the worst is over!
d2
David 2
SCC of occult origin 1/09 (age 55)| Stage III TXN1M0 | HPV 16+, non-smoker, moderate drinker | Modified radical neck dissection 3/09 | 31 days IMRT finished 6/09 | Hit 15 years all clear in 6/24 | Radiation Fibrosis Syndrome kicked in a few years after treatment and has been progressing since | Prostate cancer diagnosis 10/18
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Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 36 | Thankyou Gary and David, whew...it is normal!! Lol. I thought I could use some extra emotional help, in Canada we have online real time emotional support groups for cancer pts - just found out about that tonight. I also zapped off an email for information on an in person support group in my rural area for cancer pts as well. I am gathering information and feeling better just knowing I have something to look forward to...cabin fever is not helping!!
Guys, thanks for posting..and thank heaven for this site, I am grateful.
Nancy
55 yrs, Female, smoked for 4 yrs 35 yrs. ago, SCC right underside tongue and floor of mouth, laser surgery took 1/3 tongue Aug 2010, 3 weeks later in Sept right neck dissection 40 nodes removed with 1microscopic spot in one node. No chemo or radiation.
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