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By cmore2506 Thursday, November 22, 2007

ok, now I have been to the doc, been thru the biopsy, sit across from the doctor and heard the words CANCER,    Scared  and Worried to say the least. I know husband has said many times that if I get sick he would put me in a nursing home, he can not handle sickness. I don't want to tell him what I am going thru....On the other hand, I am scared and I want to feel loved and protected. I am strong minded and very strong willed this is not going to get me down.... WRONG... that is the whole thing I can not help getting scared and can't help feeling depressed. I know the treatments (chemo)  wears me down to a frazzle. 48 hours after I take a treatment is the worse for me i don't know if I am dying dreaming I am alive or alive dreaming I am dead  I do know that I feel helpless and no one is here to count on. I continue to go to work on a daily basis (if I can get up and go)  if not they at least understand  to some degree. I am trying real hard not to over exert myself but I am not one to sit at home and have luxury thrown my way. I have always worked to help out or to maintain the bills  often working 2 and sometimes 3 jobs at one time, I do think now that those days are over with, Did it make anyone love me anymore   or less?  NO  It did however give the kids what they wanted.  I will write more later  hopefully this thanksgiving day will be of some ease to me as I am going to Georgia to visit family..   yeah I don't have to cook.

Deb

11/22/07 12:03pm

Hello Deb,

 

Welcome to our community. I'm glad you've found us. There are many people here to support you.

 

I'm sorry you don't feel more supported and comforted at home. It could be that your family is just as scared and worried, and no one is really sure how to deal with it all.

 

Remember that there are many outside sources of support and networking for women with breast cancer. Have you considered the options?

 

In the meantime, because it's Thanksgiving Day, I share with you two articles that give a hint of thankfulness for cancer, as strange as it seems:

 

Are YOU happy? Can Getting Cancer Make You Happy?

http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/78/13710/happy-make/

 

Ten Reasons Cancer Stinks, and Ten Reasons it Doesn't

http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/78/2120/ten-ten-doesnt/

 

Be sure to visit our site often. We're here for you.

 

Happy Thanksgiving,

Maria

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By cmore2506— Last Modified: 12/20/10, First Published: 11/22/07