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@alamogal635

Just saw your post. Ia m two plus weeks out of surgery (lobectomy) for a cancerous small mass count in my right lung. Part of my training and work has benign mental health counseling and I find myself, relieved the doctors got all the cancer, yet in partial denial as well as fear that "they" will find a new cancer in my lung, or elsewhere. I have some support from my mentor in psychology and eh will be of help with positive thinking. However, there is a lurking fee that it will show up again. I am worried at an almost subconscious level--fear of the unknown--all the what ifs. Glad to see this part on the lung cancer site. Would appreciate hearing from others and will read your blog. Thank you.

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@alamogal635 I am coming up on 5 years past my surgery for pancreatic cancer. As time passes, hope grows stronger and fear slowly decreases. But I don't think the fear of recurrence will ever go away completely. If cancer comes back, I will deal with it at that time. Meanwhile, I am going to celebrate and enjoy every day of life the good Lord gives me.