HI Stacie
Alex and I also experienced an unexpected "anti-climax" when told we were all clear...

I can only suggest that if you consciously push your fears aside and replace them with "what can I do today to make this day count" or some other thing that works for you, it will eventually become habit - and one day you will wake up and realise you have gone a whole day without worrying about it, then two, then a week and then a month and so on.

I guess my point is that what you are feeling is normal but you should do everything you can to keep it in the background and not let it rule your day.

Thank you so much for all of the kind and helpful words. Sometimes it really just helps to know I'm not the only one that feels these things. I know that none of us has any guarantee for how long we're going to be around, so I suppose I really just need to focus more on what happens today and not worry about next year or even next week. Thank you again for the support. This whole cancer thing was definitely not the fun time I was promised...

Hi Stacie,

As a survivor I can't speak to the caregiving aspect, but for the most part, I can simply ignore the past. When something comes up, I worry, just like everyone else, but even when recovering from surgery I got back to work, because even if there was a problem, I knew I would deal with it.

You dealt with it once, so why not believe that if it comes back, you will deal with it again.