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#6847 02-09-2006 05:46 PM | Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 306 Platinum Member (300+ posts) |  Platinum Member (300+ posts)
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 306 | Elizabeth, It really sounds like you are making good decisions. Getting multiple opinions, going to a CCC, gathering your family and church family around you - all great decisions. You sound a bit more confident in your last post - a bit more focused. Thats good too.
Don't worry about being afraid. I was terrified about many of the things I experienced. But most of them were cases where I just didn't know what to do - fear of the unknown. This site can really help with that, to cut down on the unknowns for you.
Fear is smart. Fear gets you ready. Fear can help you focus. Let yourself fall apart once in a while - its really good for you. It drains away alot of the afraid. Let others help you when you are low. Don't worry about what they think at particular time. The only thing that matters is to win. Thats what all those people around you want - for you to win. Don't worry if your kids see you fall apart on occasion, because they will see you standing up and determined again later. What a great thing for them to witness.
Being strong doesn't mean you can't be afraid. Being strong doesn't mean you never feel overwhelmed. Being strong doesn't mean you don't get knocked down. Being strong just means you always get up again. We will help if we can. Be strong. Tom
SCC BOT, mets to neck, T4.
From 3/03: 10wks daily multi-drug chemo,
Then daily chemo with twice daily IMRT for 12 weeks - week on, week off. No surgery. New lung primary 12/07. Searching out tx options.
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#6848 02-10-2006 04:16 AM | Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 8 Member | | OP Member
Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 8 | Hello.
Well I should be more nervous this morning than I am but I think I am so ready to find out what this oncologist thinks that I am amazingly calm. I am at work this morning and will be leaving shortly to go for the appointment w/ him.
Thanks for all of your support. I even printed your responses to share w/ my husband & Mom who are going w/ me today. | | |
#6849 02-10-2006 07:49 AM | Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,019 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,019 | Elizabeth, It's great you'll have two people with you. You'll find that that feeling *ready* thing can calm a lot of fears. After a while, after you've let yourself be afraid and done your research, and let yourself be afraid some more, you just want the next thing to begin because you're ready. That's what being strong comes from. I hope you get much more information and all the explanation you need from this meeting.
Nelie
SCC(T2N0M0) part.glossectomy & neck dissect 2/9/05 & 2/25/05.33 IMRT(66 Gy),2 Cisplatin ended 06/03/05.Stage I breast cancer treated 2/05-11/05.Surgery to remove esophageal stricture 07/06, still having dilatations to keep esophagus open.Dysphagia. "When you're going through hell, keep going"
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#6850 02-10-2006 11:56 AM | Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 6 Member | | Member
Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 6 | I had a squamous cell carcinoma removed from my tongue and lymph glands removed i Oct 2004 - I was told they had it all - in Sept 2005 I found a lump under my jaw - too difficult to operate - had radiation twice daily for 7 weeks with 2 lots of adjunct chemo in weeks 3 and 5 - Have PEG tube and still cannot eat - PET scan in Feb showed treatment had not worked - have started Budwig diet and Gawler appraoch to balance mind/bdy/spirit. Suggest you visit www.healingcancernaturally.com and www.gawler.asn.au (buy and read two books - You can Conquer Cancer and Getting Well Again which you can buy from the site = will boost confidence) and join http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/flaxseedoil2 Frances | | |
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