Me And My Cancer Adventure

[Mercy]

lighting candles and sending prayers,(((((((dearest Froggie)))))))

 

[JustBe]

Thinking of you (((froggie)))

 

[Ruckster]

Sending good wished and a hug.

 

[Froggie]

Thank you so much friends, my friend is still holding out ... what determination ... he's waiting for a special room in palliatif ward at Sarrazin - he wants the view on the St-Lawrence River. So we're praying for him to have his wish granted as soon as possible. It's getting hard on the family to see him dwindling away like that. I don't think I want to see him again, it gets to me and projects me too much in the futur. Then PTSD comes in and whams me with anxiety attacks ... then the cycle begins : intrusive thoughts, scenarios, flash backs, nightmares, etc. I don't need that now !

 

[intothelight]

(((Froggie)))

I too hope your friend gets his special room with the view of the river. I also understand when you say it is too hard to see him right now. PTSD and cancer is a tough combination, and I hope that you have the support to help you deal with the PTSD symptoms as they arise.

Each day is a precious gift and I am keeping you in my thoughts and prayers that you can find the joy in living each day to its fullest. PTSD is a thief that can steal that joy, so do what you need to keep the thief out.

Deb

 

[BloomInWinter]

*Linking Arms*

 

[Changing4Best]

There is a girl on the same floor as I live who has cancer. It has been hard for me to be around her too, she is so frail, yet she was vibrant and healthy a year ago! I wonder if that is what is in store for me as I wait for my diagnoses. And yet, I know a fellow who has gone through 4 chemo regimins, and is still kicking. This time though, he chose not to have treatments; he wants to go home to God. My uncle chose the same thing when he was in his 80s and was half way through a chemo treatment program.

If the answer for me is cancer, I don't know what I will do. I have thought of just asking for a Hospice Prescription and letting myself go. On the other hand, I'm only just about 60. All my grandparents died of cancer, as did my dad's brother. But my parents didn't. But I hear it skips generations sometimes.

I have not decided yet what I would do, if....

 

[KP the nut]

**KP is stretching her arms to join others around the world**

 

[Froggie]

If the answer for me is cancer, I don't know what I will do. I have thought of just asking for a Hospice Prescription and letting myself go. On the other hand, I'm only just about 60. All my grandparents died of cancer, as did my dad's brother. But my parents didn't. But I hear it skips generations sometimes.

I have not decided yet what I would do, if....

That, my dear Sheila, your heart and soul will tell you when the moment comes. Have faith in those inspirational feelings that you get when the news and options are spread in front of you. I was given 6-8 months and I just got to my 21 months of survival and still kicking, maybe not like before ... but still kicking.

 

[KP the nut]

I was given 6-8 months and I just got to my 21 months of survival

And everyday I give thanks.

 

[Changing4Best]

I was given 6-8 months and I just got to my 21 months of survival and still kicking....

I am sure glad you made it this far. That does give me hope. Are you in any pain? I am.

I already suffer from so many conditions and a major birth defect, so I wonder what one more will do to me if it is to be. The pain started last summer (in the lymph gland of the right leg OR the femeral artery, can't be sure which, they are so close).

I have been laying in my recliner chair and reading a lot, to escape from the worry, to keep my mind off of it.

 

[Froggie]

Sheila, the sooner you get that checked out the better it will be at least then you can have some strategies to handle what you have. When pain is present, it can be a bummer on our humour. I'm no longer in pain since the 2cd treatment has started, the chemo has gotten a grip over the cancer, so no more morphine - which I am glad. I found that rough with morphine, not used to hallucinating drugs!