Cancer Survivors Network

You haven't had enough "taken off your chest?" LOL I suppose we will be your stand in oncologists until January~meet your new medical team! hahahaha!

Hugs,
Chen♥

I feel the same way, even though my onc is a straight shooter and he doesn't always give me the words I want to hear. I know that he's on my side, however, and has THE PLAN. I think doctors are sometimes the only people that we can truly show ourselves to . . . they know it all. I miss the gyn who did my oopherectomy. He's using words like "In fifty years" to me, a Stage IV.

Peace.
Linda

Elizarose, Your feelings seem very normal to me. Finding out you have cancer is extremely terrifying. You feel like everything is out of your control and something is trying to kill you.

Then your doctors swoop in and take care of you. They make you feel like there is hope of being resued. They are smart, and caring. You feel cared for. But then suddenly, you don't see them as often and there is a sense of being slowly weaned.

At the beginning I was a wreck, but always felt calmer after seeing my doctors. I felt as long as they were watching over me, nothing bad could happen. I actually look forward to apts. because they are a comfort. Just this summer my medical oncologist visits were reduced from 3 mos to 6 mos. This made me pretty anxious. But I am adjusting. I still see my other 2 docs on my team. But its not the same as during treatment.

I think its a normal human reaction Eliza. We have eachother though to pick up the slack and comfort one another. Hang in there. Hugs, Eil

and, every year, I STILL go....this year, of course, is REALLY special...5 years...I'm doling out Godiva chocolate!!!!

These people, all of them, are still very special to me...they made my life bearable during a time that everything was crazy....

Also, as my oncologist said last time, when I told her I felt guilty for taking an appointment from someone who really needed it, "You know, Kathi, we love to see our successes!!!"

Hugs, Kathi