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Pancreatic Cancer Group: Introduce yourself and connect with others
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Hi! I’m Carl, diagnosed 11/11/24. Finished folfirinox, rt and Whipple-surgery 6/25. Now in surveillance. Feeling pretty well, getting scanned every 3 months now, a source of recurrent anxiety. Considering all, I feel fortunate but cancer thoughts take over a lot of one’s life.
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@carlos322, I'm glad you're feeling pretty good after completing treatment for pancreatic cancer. Despite finishing treatments, thoughts about cancer, anxiety and discovering life after/with cancer takes time. Thoughts about recurrence are never far away. And then those 3 month follow-ups...did you know that there's actually a name for the anxiety you feel? Some call it scanxiety.
- Scanxiety tips and tricks https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/scanxiety-tips-and-tricks/
You might be interested in some of the discussions in the Cancer: Managing Symptoms support group like this one:
- Emotional health after cancer: How are you doing really?https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/emotional-health-after-cancer/
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@carlos322
Welcome to the Connect support group!
Congrats 🎉