Hugo Chavez died ~ Colon Cancer?

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  • Trubrit
    Trubrit Member Posts: 5,796 Member

    Glammom
    I was diagnosed April 11, 2012 and haven't been back to work since. I worked at a hospital as a nurse and was busy, busy, busy. Twin 15 year old boys and husband at home and 2 other children married. Now I have so much time on my hands to think about this. I thought about going back to work after finishing chemo in December but now I have the feet and finger neuropathy. I feel like you wondering if this will be my last Christmas or last birthday or last winter. Will I see my boys graduate from high school? How do you stop those feeling??? Then I read on here about TaraHK, after 10 years fighting you should get a free pass to live 20 more years!!!
    Sandy

    Lost with too much time to sit and worry

    My boss quit in October so I became unemployed, I was diagnosed with stage 3A in November and one of my biggest problems is being at home all day. I mean there is only so much housework to do, and only so much energy, so the rest of the time I spend on the couch.

    I do not find the couch helpful, I either sit and think I'm feeling worse, or I sit and think how much time I have with my kids, my husband my wondreful friends. Its not healthy.

    Now that the weather is supposed to be getting a ittle warmer (its snowing today), I need to get out. The cold gives me the tingles all over, so I don't get out during these winter months. 

    I have just purchased a couple of Yoga DVDs, which I am looking forward to starting. But I think I need to be more active and I swear I'll start feeling a little better. 

  • Glammom
    Glammom Member Posts: 21
    Trubrit said:

    Lost with too much time to sit and worry

    My boss quit in October so I became unemployed, I was diagnosed with stage 3A in November and one of my biggest problems is being at home all day. I mean there is only so much housework to do, and only so much energy, so the rest of the time I spend on the couch.

    I do not find the couch helpful, I either sit and think I'm feeling worse, or I sit and think how much time I have with my kids, my husband my wondreful friends. Its not healthy.

    Now that the weather is supposed to be getting a ittle warmer (its snowing today), I need to get out. The cold gives me the tingles all over, so I don't get out during these winter months. 

    I have just purchased a couple of Yoga DVDs, which I am looking forward to starting. But I think I need to be more active and I swear I'll start feeling a little better. 

    Yes I think going back to

    Yes I think going back to work has helped me not think about all these things every minute of the day.  It helps me to know that others feel the same way.  I guess we need to take it a day at a time and enjoy the moments. Don't think of the what ifs and what will be.   I know easier said than done. But thanks for listening and I'm always here if someone else needs to talk.  

  • pete43lost_at_sea
    pete43lost_at_sea Member Posts: 3,900 Member
    he is dead, lets let him rest peacefully, while we live joyfully

    his passing illustrates the power of this illness to control our lives and steal what joy we should be entitled too.

    its really good to vent our fears, we have all had them, why I am what I am because of those fears.

    i hope this helps.

    the silver lining in the uncertainty is cystal clear to my friends.

    we might live, our treatments might work. nothing is cast in stone.

    not for me, not for you. But I am an optimstic. You are free to be a pessimistic, its your right.

    optimism is fun, even if you spend your time clutching at straws and chasing windmills. 

    one day you might do a pet, your doctor will frown and sincerely apologise.

    "mr trayhurn, I am sorry but we have misplaced all your tumours" I demanded a refund and stormed out of the doctors office. Only joking, but I never dreamed my pet would be clear. I have no guarantees, none of us does here. thats the reality of crc for us all.

    so accepting that trueth and extrating the best I can out of life, all we can do. I am feeling my mortality, our mortality a little more today after reading about tara, buzz and craigs news. but we all can just live as well as we can each day. 

    sorry for the optimistic dribble, but it helps me to stay positive, to stay focused. I have to believe I can beat this illness.

    smile sandy, if you focus on all the good in your life, if you focus on the love with grattitude you may find some respite from the uncertainty our illness challenges us with.

    I works for me. Feel free to try it.

    hugs,

    pete

  • Momof2plusteentwins
    Momof2plusteentwins Member Posts: 509 Member

    he is dead, lets let him rest peacefully, while we live joyfully

    his passing illustrates the power of this illness to control our lives and steal what joy we should be entitled too.

    its really good to vent our fears, we have all had them, why I am what I am because of those fears.

    i hope this helps.

    the silver lining in the uncertainty is cystal clear to my friends.

    we might live, our treatments might work. nothing is cast in stone.

    not for me, not for you. But I am an optimstic. You are free to be a pessimistic, its your right.

    optimism is fun, even if you spend your time clutching at straws and chasing windmills. 

    one day you might do a pet, your doctor will frown and sincerely apologise.

    "mr trayhurn, I am sorry but we have misplaced all your tumours" I demanded a refund and stormed out of the doctors office. Only joking, but I never dreamed my pet would be clear. I have no guarantees, none of us does here. thats the reality of crc for us all.

    so accepting that trueth and extrating the best I can out of life, all we can do. I am feeling my mortality, our mortality a little more today after reading about tara, buzz and craigs news. but we all can just live as well as we can each day. 

    sorry for the optimistic dribble, but it helps me to stay positive, to stay focused. I have to believe I can beat this illness.

    smile sandy, if you focus on all the good in your life, if you focus on the love with grattitude you may find some respite from the uncertainty our illness challenges us with.

    I works for me. Feel free to try it.

    hugs,

    pete

    Pete
    Thanks for the encouragement of living optimistic. I agree we can all go anytime. I always asked people in the past would you want to know when you are going to die if you had the chance to know,or how you were going to die. Something to think about and I feel no. I always felt if I knew when I was going to die I would spend all my time trying to change it. Having cancer tells me most likely how I will die. Just a roller coaster ride of ups and downs.
    Congrats on your treatment, sounds like things are going well with you.
    Sandy :)
  • Trubrit
    Trubrit Member Posts: 5,796 Member

    Pete
    Thanks for the encouragement of living optimistic. I agree we can all go anytime. I always asked people in the past would you want to know when you are going to die if you had the chance to know,or how you were going to die. Something to think about and I feel no. I always felt if I knew when I was going to die I would spend all my time trying to change it. Having cancer tells me most likely how I will die. Just a roller coaster ride of ups and downs.
    Congrats on your treatment, sounds like things are going well with you.
    Sandy :)

    Three months

    I was so saddeded when I saw the new about Valerie Harper, an actress I'm not familiar with, but that doesn't stop me feeling compasiion and sorrow for her diagnosis. 

    What If I were told I had three months to live?  I can imagine, and it aint pretty. 

    God bless all of us who are working through this journey. May we have great sucess. 

  • jen2012
    jen2012 Member Posts: 1,607 Member
    Trubrit said:

    Three months

    I was so saddeded when I saw the new about Valerie Harper, an actress I'm not familiar with, but that doesn't stop me feeling compasiion and sorrow for her diagnosis. 

    What If I were told I had three months to live?  I can imagine, and it aint pretty. 

    God bless all of us who are working through this journey. May we have great sucess. 

    I agree...it is horrible to
    I agree...it is horrible to hear those words. I feel weird even complaining since im the caregiver and not the patient. I know its worse for him than me since he has the physical difficulties to go along with the emotional.

    Saw valerie harper interviewed...classy lady. Said she looks for something positive in each day.