A tiny inflatable boat in a huge storm
Like many others, here I am joining this not-so-sought-after club- and feeling very much like a tiny inflatable boat in a stormy sea. I‘be just been diagnosed this week, although the process has be...
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@RiotAtMidnight all the ladies above have so much wisdom to share. I know I could not have got through the past 10 months without this fabulous online forum. I would have been crumpled in a corner unable to move! To have someone I havent met before send kind words of encouragement and even just a hello how are you has been incredible.
I want to send a big hug you all. After 2 surgeries, 6 months of chemo, emergency stay in hospital I have today finished 5 weeks of daily radiation. The roller coaster of emotions has been huge. I am booked to see my counsellor next week as I have finished "active treatment today" so many other issues, worries etc just bubbled over and I am an anxious mess.
I have also learnt some valuable lessons along the way and I now try to put myself first a tiny bit without having guilt attached to it. I have also learnt to accept the help that family and friends and even strangers offer if it is what I need. That it's not a sign of weakness. Sending you Hugs xxx
I want to send a big hug you all. After 2 surgeries, 6 months of chemo, emergency stay in hospital I have today finished 5 weeks of daily radiation. The roller coaster of emotions has been huge. I am booked to see my counsellor next week as I have finished "active treatment today" so many other issues, worries etc just bubbled over and I am an anxious mess.
I have also learnt some valuable lessons along the way and I now try to put myself first a tiny bit without having guilt attached to it. I have also learnt to accept the help that family and friends and even strangers offer if it is what I need. That it's not a sign of weakness. Sending you Hugs xxx