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Scanxiety overtaking my life

Lung Cancer | Last Active: Apr 16 4:33pm | Replies (25)

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It’s absolutely normal to feel the way you do, cancer is scary and the fear of it is real, I had a lobectomy on my upper left lobe, stage 1A2, surgery was successful and no further treatment was needed. I worried endlessly about it coming back and almost 2 years later it did so they removed a wedge from the lower right lobe with no further treatment. The best thing we have is early detection and this makes a huge difference for better results, I see that you had early diagnosis too. I know it’s difficult to go through the scans always worrying if they will find something, the best we have is that it was caught early, I find that it helps me to keep this in mind, not knowing is far more scarier, best wishes for good results.

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@frouke So true. I am coming up for 3 years in remission after hectic treatment for stage 4 appendix cancer. Last treatment was in May 2022. I am still closely surveilled and I still am very anxious in the days leading up to each rescan and until I’ve seen my oncologist to review my reports. Between scans I’m fine. I’m now scanned 6 monthly and life is now in 6 monthly instalments! I too take comfort from knowing that at least any change can be jumped on quickly.

@frouke thank you. Your post grounded me. This has just been such a harrowing scary ordeal and I feel frozen with fear most of the time. I’m so sorry that you had a recurrence. Did they give you any insight into what happened? Was your first surgery considered curative?