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Emotional health after cancer: How are you doing really?
Cancer: Managing Symptoms | Last Active: Oct 31 4:04pm | Replies (272)Comment receiving replies
I have read most of this thread and it is so helpful. I am in the “surveillance mode” of stage 4 cancer with mestases in a wide variety of places and am having trouble figuring out how I feel. It seems like at this point “there is nothing anybody can do” so it’s watch and wait. I don’t know if my prognosis is ten weeks or ten years. My anxiety level is so high. Someone used the term “scanxiety “ and I sure have that. Trying to live fully each day at a time but it seems that the idea of having cancer is virtually always in the foreground of my thoughts. I will try to follow some of the many good recommendations in this thread.
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@palstead .hello. I also have Mets. Mine are in liver and lungs. I am off All treatment sine last May. In may I had radiation for spot on left adrenal gland. I also am on a "watch and see" program. 2yrs into this "adventure".
I just turned 72. Iv wasn't sure if I would see my birthday. I find peace in the ordinary days. No doctors no reports. Just being alive with "normal" thoughts. Sitting in the quiet of the day. With coffee or tea
Reflecting on all I am.
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Hello @palstead, I see that this is just your 2nd post on Connect. As a three-time survivor of cancer, I have some understanding of what you are feeling. On Connect, we have another discussion group for people living with advanced cancer. You might find some of these posts helpful as well. Here is the link to that discussion,
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/talking-frankly-about-living-with-advanced-cancer/
You do not mention your cancer history. Is this a new diagnosis or have you been treated for many years? I suppose you have sought a 2nd opinion at a cancer center of excellence?