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Small Cell Lung Cancer: Let's connect
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I was diagnosed in July 2021 with limited small cell. 5cm tumor in left chest and three nodes. I went through standard treatment and have been NED since. This coming 15th will be a year since chemotherapy was completed. I am suffering some radiation side effects but mostly mental pain.
Just waiting for it to return and living in three month increments, scans and repeat. I lost my ability to work and basically my livelihood. Two adult children live with me they never left home. I supported everyone until I got sick.
There are three small children here, one is mentally disabled. I have been unable to find peace, let alone have a silent moment for a thought.
There’s no where else for them to go. I centered my life around them so I am spouse less and friend less. They have no one too.
Life really sucks now.
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Welcome, @mustangdee64. The emotional health related to cancer really sucks. There's no evidence of disease and everyone wants you to slip back into life as it once was. But things have changed - a lot.
Dee, there are others here who get that. I encourage you to follow the Cancer: Managing Symptoms group here: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/group/cancer-managing-symptoms/
Here are few discussions you might want to check out:
- Life After Cancer: Do you feel prepared for it? https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/life-after-cancer/
- Facing Cancer Recurrence, PTSD & Acknowledging Mental Health https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/facing-cancer-recurrence-ptsd-acknowledging-mental-health/
You're not alone and this is a good place to share these feelings that are taboo elsewhere.
I’m not exactly in the same boat, but I also had sclc, a few months later it went to my brain. This was in 2020 & 2022. Living life in 3 month increments is not fun. I had a seizure, then they removed the tumor in my brain. That was a year ago. Now they just found a lesion in my liver.
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Please try to take care of yourself! Also try to see the love you have for your grand children and others in your home.You are needed and surely loved by little ones!if possible get out of house occasionally for a walk.best of luck on your treatment!