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❝ My concern was that I have several indicators❞
That's a very normal and understandable situation. After a cancer diagnosis, we can become hypersensitized to little aches and pains that we would have ignored or downplayed before. ❤️
You've had all the best tests done, and while there's never a 100% guarantee, it's probably safe to trust them for a while, at least to to the same extent you trust that a bridge won't fall on you when you drive under it
When I apologized to my family doctor for worrying about so many aches and pains early on (to the extent she was booking double appointments for me), she told me two things
1. It's a normal reaction to a new cancer diagnosis.
2. If I were still doing that in 5 years, then she'd be concerned.
In fact, after about two years I stopped worrying. I still mention anything new to my oncologist, but as I approach the 4-year mark, I no longer feel that sense of panic: listing them is just routine due diligence now.