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Feeling better than expected what now
So its 3 weeks since my final chemo. Im feeling better than i expected to feel at this point. A few cosmetic things, not much hair, rashes, mild foot pain, fatigue at 9.30 pm. 8ve been walking everyda...
Ah we never get out unscathed, that’s the beauty of it! Looking down the barrel of one’s mortality is a defining moment - not cancer, not hair loss, not even boob loss but knowing, deeply knowing, that we are truly only here for a short time (irrespective of cancer or anything else) and that there is not a moment to waste. The plan then is not to run around doing stuff, but to do and be the stuff that matters. Whatever that is for each person. And taking pause to work that out is part of the process. For some, it may be life more or less the same as before. For others, it may be a greater change. But the shot’s gone across the bow. And we can’t un-know that.