@Molly71 it's probably cold comfort, but many of us have felt the same. Like the grief of losing a loved one, we mourn the lives we had and see uncertainty in our futures. It's a common feeling but each of us experiences it differently.
Don't give up on your old life just yet. There is every chance you will be able to retain a degree of normal. Certainly no reason to expect you will have to give up exercise, though you may have to treat yourself as if you have an injury on occassions.
Oncologists are strange beasts; often on the spectrum to the point they are shithouse communicators. We want them to be thorough, so it's not a bad thing yours has second guessed someone else's opinion.
Hang in there, keep plodding forward. As you've learned, it is a changing landscape so you have to go with the flow to a point. Mxx
