It's scary stuff...
I lay in bed awake at night...is this chemo working? Is the Herceptin working? Are the tumours shrinking? ...Stable? Is this cancer spreading?...to my brain? bones? liver? skin?...Or has the whole lo...
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Hello Tonya, thanks for your post. Yes I think my decision to delay the scans til just after x-mas was a good one, not only for me but for my family too. You are right in saying that we lose confidence in our bodies. I have lost total confidence in mine. It took me 2 years or so to start feeling confident again after my EBC diagnosis, only to have the cancer return elsewhere and knock my confidence again for six! I've also had aches and pains that I had investigated...sore back, headaches...luckily no cancer there. If your hip pain continues Tonya, get it checked out. It's probably just muscle soreness, but worth getting checked out if it doesnt budge.
I think living for the moment is something that you learn as a result of all this. I am still learning how to do that consistently. Some times I have no problems at all living in the moment...I was outside in my backgarden last week with my daughter and my bald head doing 'spinning helicopters' in the rain! lol! Other times I am more reflective and stop to take a deep breath at what has happened to me in the last few years.
Yes, a break from cancer sounds nice...what a lovely x-mas present to me!
Take care Tonya,
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