Welcome to Mayo Connect @kay1249, I'm glad that you are feeling good. I'm sure that makes it even more difficult for you and others in your life to accept that you have cancer. It takes time to process the weight of the diagnosis, and often it takes some help from others. Don't hesitate to reach out for help. Often your care team will have resources for patients too. Whatever you are feeling is expected.

Hi Kay - for sharing. That’s great information. I’m been on it for a week. Haven’t noticed anything yet. I’m anticipating some of the side effects trying to be proactive on the nail situation. I turned 58 yesterday and was diagnosed about six weeks ago. I am almost stage 4, if it had been metastasized to my brain, it would’ve been considered stage 4, he told me I was 3.95.. PET scan after round three of the chemo and then we see if anything‘s working. I put in a previous post, you don’t feel like you have cancer you try to live your life as normal as you can but emotionally you’re right headspace is not good. Before you have cancer, you imagine that it’s this demon that takes control of your body and then when you find out you have it ,at least in my case, you wake up every day you take your medication you go to your appointments and you just live your life try not to think that you have it. Which always know it’s there. When and how were you diagnosed if you don’t mind sharing?