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How was your mental state after surgery?

Lung Cancer | Last Active: 6 days ago | Replies (26)
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Hi @yellowstonelady
With 25 years since surgery, yours is an inspirational story! Have you had to have surgery for the recurrences or did you do something else?
I am a big fan of xanax which I started taking to help me sleep about 12 years ago, after my mom died. I stopped for awhile and tried other sleep medications but nothing did it for me like xanax. After a few days off in the hospital, I am back on it for sleeping. As an aside, I also took xanax when I had to do public speaking and found it remarkable for that!
When I start crying, I don't think it's from anxiety but maybe I will try it next time I get an intense round of tears.
Thanks

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yellowstonelady | @yellowstonelady | May 20 8:57am

The new version of Xanex is clonazepam which is slower and longer acting. So just half a pill is enough usually for me to fight off the tears. But scan time I have to take 2 because I have had so many scans the anxiety is ptsd levels. LOL.
They took out 2/3 of my right lung in 2000 at age 46 and then I had 7 weeks of concurrent chemo and radiation right after that. Everything was going along okay until 2021 they found a new spot in lower left lobe. We watched it grow to 2 cm, then used SBRT radiation which totally resolved it (it took about a year to slowly go away). Then I had a new spot SBRT'd on my right side in 2024. Now we are seeing another spot in lower left lobe again and trying to decide next step. Guess what? I have PET tomorrow so I will be taking the clonazepam tonight and tomorrow for sure.
You make me laugh about using it for public speaking. < 3 < 3 < 3

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