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Yes; short answer.
Your emotions are, well, your emotions. And try to be comfortable with them. Mine often surprise me.
Do not minimize that you have just been through an ordeal: Diagnosis of cancer, medical tests and meetings with Drs, consideration of treatments, major surgery and initial recovery of (only) 2+ weeks.
If I imagine a scenario for you, perhaps you have focused your mind and energy on all of the necessary steps and decisions that needed to be taken and made, and now your mind, subconscious or otherwise, is drifting toward what has happened to you, where you are today and what in the world does this mean for me now and in the future.
All of this is speculation on my part, of course.
Best wishes for continued recovery, and good post treatment results going forward.
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Makes sense and thanks. I actually worked for close to 15 years in the field of radiation oncology at numerous hospitals across the country and intellectualized "a lot" of what was happening right up through the surgery and have always been a patient advocate. That brought meaning to the job. I ca speak and understand the medical terminology with providers and for myself had treatment setup almost like a project plan( dates times, who, where , when dependencies, etc). Looks like I left out the line item for contingencies - emotion. As my wife says I'm a planner so I need to put together a additional questions for the care team. I did come to the realization that for myself there was a clear misunderstanding of what incontinence meant. My expectations (dribbling) do not match the realty at this time of loss of control. Still very early and looking for any sign of improvement going forward. Thanks again for everyones reponses.