Not a ”happy camper ”
”They” ….. say I’m dying
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I’m kind of in a “good” place. Now what?
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I’m kind of in a “good” place. Now what?
I’ve come to the point with my last scans on December 8, 2017 that I have less than a cm sized nodule in my right lung. It actually shrunk from the scans before! Without treatment!
Now what do I do? I’m so used to worrying that I can’t get myself to relax when it seems I’m able to do so. I have a small blockage in my left femoral artery which had to be grafted a year ago during surgery. Another checkup on that is January. I’ve already started thinking about that.
My question I’m posing is just how do we live when we think or know we’re dying?
Any takers?
I look forward to talking to you all.
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First of all…congratulations! Are you saying you have beat this? I hope so. When I was diagnosed in 2013 I was stage two. About 2 years later that I was told I was cancer-free. But then not even a year later they told me it had metastasized into my bones and on stage 4 terminal so it’s hard to say what’s going to happen just keep on top of things. Good luck in life. I too wonder about living while dying. Only advice I can give is enjoy every day and indulge in YOU! DO things that pleases YOU! XOXO
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Thanks for the reply! I’m stage IV also. Within 6 months,it had metastasized to my left lung. I’m in no way cured & of course that knowledge sticks with me. I recently lost my mom in November; she was 8, just turned 85 a week before.
I live with my brother in our parents’ old house, but as soon as mom passed my 2 sisters have been pushing to sell. The house needs a lot of repairs. My brother and I want to stay but it’s gotten majorly sour among us.
One of my sisters is angry that I’ve had attention from having cancer and said “Yeah, Jennifer has cancer so f**k me, right?” to my brother.
Hey anyone is welcome to take this kind of attention away from me, you know? So my brother who is 11 yrs older and disabled through heart disease and I are looking at this as an adventure we will have together.
My days will be different so I’m going to try something new once a week if I can keep motivated. Plus I’ve signed up with WordPress (I think that’s the name. I just signed up 30 mins ago!) I’m going to try blogging.
Do you like to write? What keeps you busy?
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Jennifer
You stated “how do we live when we think or know we’re dying?” Well step one is to throw that one in the garbage.Serves no purpose.Next step,ask yourself if you truly want to see the other side of this, some people don’t, that’s their fair choice.If tomorrow seems appealing,then time to dig in your heels and really fight.No guarantees but it can work.
Best of luck !
Murray -
I think we are dying all of the time. It’s a matter of how much life we have inside of us. I think we have a lot, but, I can’t bring myself to be optimistic. I am much closer to death..the end of my life…than I have ever been.
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This is something I look at alot. #positive
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