Cold Cap Experience
You can see I'm back with a vengeance... I was offered cold caps at the same place I would be having the chemo, at no extra cost or runaround so I decided to give it a go if I could tolerate it. I'm ...
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@sister Telling my nephew and niece was probably the most horrible thing I've ever had to do. I can barely bring myself to think about it.
There are no words to describe what it's like to have your sobbing nine year old niece clutch at you, wailing "I miss Mum", when you've just been diagnosed with the same disease. Almost nightly for two months.
I am fortunate, my prognosis is good. But it doesn't change the fact that my circumstances are difficult. I think I have survivor guilt. On top of everything else. And when is it we get to say we've survived BC? The five year mark?
There are no words to describe what it's like to have your sobbing nine year old niece clutch at you, wailing "I miss Mum", when you've just been diagnosed with the same disease. Almost nightly for two months.
I am fortunate, my prognosis is good. But it doesn't change the fact that my circumstances are difficult. I think I have survivor guilt. On top of everything else. And when is it we get to say we've survived BC? The five year mark?