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Cancer: Being diagnosed during the holiday season
Breast Cancer | Last Active: Jan 17 10:06am | Replies (26)Comment receiving replies
Thank you for your beautiful reflective post, @rhongirl .
Last year, I was supposed to get the result of my biopsy on Dec. 23, but they did not send it that day, and I was greatful for it, because it let me enjoy Christmas. On the 26, I received the email indicating a rectal cancer. I was in tears. I could not sleep for three days, until I could see the surgeon.
This year, there is renewed turmoil, because I have a new biopsy indicating a pre-cancerous polyp in the same place as last year and the perspective of a complex double surgery at the end of January, which keeps me very frightened.
I hope, as you say, that over time, new experiences will soften the pain, the anxiety.
Merry Christmas to you!
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Oh @verol65, I am sorry to hear that you find yourself repeating the the scenario with cancer concerns again this year. I, too, had a second cancer diagnosis a year after I had completed my chemo and surgery. The wind came right out of my sails. . . it took time, and I was able to breathe in and out, and start in again. Thankfully, the second diagnosis was not the same kind, and rather on the baby-side of cancer things. A hysterectomy took care of the tired uterus.
Breathe in and out. There is nothing more you can do to change the situation, but just move through it. And you will. :). I often find that when my mind is fixed on other things, the bad thoughts have a way of being "pushed out", because I can't hold all at once. I purposely go hug a few of my grandchildren and almost drink in their sweetness. One moment at a time. One Christmas at a time. hugs to you, and Merry Christmas back!