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PTSD and learning to cope living with cancer

Cancer | Last Active: Apr 10, 2022 | Replies (18)

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Good morning- Thank you, Colleen. Sandie, thank you for being a first responder.

I get your fear, I really do. My second lung cancer came to me 10 years after my first one. I thought that I had it made and it sure was a kick in the stomach when I got a call telling me that I didn't have it made. And, yes, it changed my life once again. And it never was the same again. But that doesn't mean that it was a horrible change. I don't know if the human species has a built-in fear/dread app. but when it comes to cancer it must hit overdrive. The world knows that cancers can come back. So we tend to anticipate and build up a kind of "tic" called looking over your shoulder!

Was your first cancer prior to your "trauma"? Do you have a definite second diagnosis of bladder cancer?

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