Chemo test confusion
Friends saw on Sunrise yesterday morning a story that a dr has started a petition that has thousdands of signatures to get the government to fund this test that costs a lot that will show whether chem...
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I had a genomic test, and it came back clearly indicating I needed chemo. Or to put it another way, it revealed that my cancer was more likely to metastasise than not. I'll take the chemo thanks!
@PetraSminsk, I was petrified of having chemo. I'd absorbed all the horror stories, and two nights before had a massive, horrifying panic attack. But like many things, the anticipation was worse than the reality.
Losing my hair didn't worry me. It was an interesting experience in and of itself. No one enjoys looking like the cancer patient that you are, but you get used to it.
Lots of people have fun with scarves, or wigs. Over the years I've read posts from women who wore wigs so good that people never knew they'd had chemo.
Nothing about this is fun, but most of us tend to do what the doctors and science suggest. You pull up your big girl undies and you get through it. Your mum is under a lot of stress at the moment and I love that you're there for her. Please reassure her that we're here for her if she wants to reach out, and that we understand. We've trodden the path that she's on and she is not alone. K xox
@PetraSminsk, I was petrified of having chemo. I'd absorbed all the horror stories, and two nights before had a massive, horrifying panic attack. But like many things, the anticipation was worse than the reality.
Losing my hair didn't worry me. It was an interesting experience in and of itself. No one enjoys looking like the cancer patient that you are, but you get used to it.
Lots of people have fun with scarves, or wigs. Over the years I've read posts from women who wore wigs so good that people never knew they'd had chemo.
Nothing about this is fun, but most of us tend to do what the doctors and science suggest. You pull up your big girl undies and you get through it. Your mum is under a lot of stress at the moment and I love that you're there for her. Please reassure her that we're here for her if she wants to reach out, and that we understand. We've trodden the path that she's on and she is not alone. K xox