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Ashamed: I think about (and plan for) dying. Do you?
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I also think about Seven years ago I had stage one B lung cancer. It has come back stage four I will be doing chemo and the pill Tagrisso. I was told it will prolong my life for a few years. I hope it’s worth it.
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Hello @babs1956, facing our own mortality is one of the most difficult things we encounter as stage IV cancer patients. We all know stories of people that were given an estimate on how long they have, and many people outlive those estimates. No one really knows, and we're all here temporarily. Tagrisso has shown great success in treating EGFR cancers. It's great to have options that didn't exist 10 years ago. I'm thankful for that in my own case.
Do you have support of friends or family? I find that they can be helpful, but only to a point. They are grieving the future loss of you too, and sometimes don't want to talk about the reality of us all passing on at some point in the distant future.