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Thank you so much! It has become even MORE of a nightmare. I did try Swirca, thank you for reseawrching for me!! I have been in the hospital again the past 2 days. Turned out the reason i couldnt' do anything/breathe was I had fluid on my lungs from the lobectomy. I just figured it was normal. Only when I started coughing and gasping Saturday night did I realize something was wrong. So they hospitlized me for a DAY for what I learned yesterday was an out-patient prodecdure done by a NP! So much more stress because my rabbits had gotten into a major fight when one got out right before this happened and i couldn't catch one to see if he had injuries. So sat in the hospital thinking i;d have a decaying pet when i got home when there was no need to BE in the hospital. So now lobectomy has been 3 1/2 weejs and i am just now starting to breathe. I feel like i won't recover now since i've been so long with the lung hindered from the fluid. Both oncologists have now kinda told me to go with the other one because i am still too sick and sore to undergo the port placement so i canceled it...was set for next week the 4th. No way can my body take this. how long is it supposed to be from lebectomy to port placement to chemo? Seems i am letting this apread because everything has gone wrong and again, no home health aide who may have recognized this was more than it was and gotten the fluid off sonner. just a disaster. So i don't know what i am doing now. Seems i should be asking the easiest way to kill myself at this point when the cancer spreads. I just don't know when i will feel like having a port put in. I still cant do anything. house is covered in trash and now rabbit feces allllllll over since the fight. sheesh. no idea but thank you. Social worker did talk to me again yesterday at hospital. no help availble so i just am tired of fighting and nothing going right.

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Hello @julie67

After reading your post, I see that while it's only been a few weeks since your surgery, you've had complications and problems that have slowed down your progress. It is hard to feel optimistic when you are physically low. So, if I could offer one thought it would be this: The way you are feeling now won't last forever. Healing from major surgery takes longer than three weeks and perhaps a bit longer because of the fluid on your lungs.

It's important, during this healing process, to adopt some positive thoughts. I know it is difficult when you are feeling physically low, but it is important for you to begin to take control of your thinking. I would encourage you to read some of the posts in a Cancer discussion group titled,

--What Brought You Joy Today
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/what-brought-you-joy-today/?pg=10#comment-1132365
As you read these posts, you will see that many are quite simple like, listening to my favorite music, reading a good book, etc. After you read some of these posts, spend some time thinking of ways you can bring joy in your life.

Changing your thoughts and becoming more grateful for the little things in your life will not make the difficulties go away completely, but it will begin to change your attitude. As your attitude changes, then your mood will most likely change as well.

Read these posts and then post one of your own. What can you do to bring joy into your life today? Will you try this?