Survivor's Anxiety
I am "cancer-free" now, but mentally I feel worse than during all the treatments! Has anyone else experienced this? I have tremendous anxiety over any possible situation and I wake up every morning in a panic attack. I am looking into therapy but does anyone else have any ideas for me? Thank you.
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Hi, I wasn’t having these symptoms but they are somehow relatable with everyone I guess. Fear of death, incapacitation and suffering is quite normal, no?
Is there a cancer patient who has never experienced panic? I guess not. Even after the treatment one can experience stress and panic over any possible recurrence symptoms - even the remote ones!
A good psychiatrist or a combo of a psychologist-psychiatrist may help you faster and better. I’d say better do this soon. Also (to a much lesser degree) writing here or discussing it with the people around you may.
We’ll die anyway so I don’t get worried much.
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Thanks for your comment. I think my next step is a support group, and I will go on from there. The mental part of all this is worse than the treatments in some ways.
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Hi J
Hi Jack, it's Bill. Yes, how are YOU handling your situation? Is there anything that is helping you get through this?
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Bill, most important is that I chose the best cancer treatment for my type of prostate cancer. Yes, there are changes in my body and its functions afterwards. However, I clearly chose the best and for life! Everything else is up to us to live with. And I do mean live with.
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Hey I just was diagnosed back in January and beat the cancer by March it has been a fast whirlwind of everything I'm new here and 59 it was not until I was clear that now fatigue and emotional waves have hit me like a tidalwave and yes now always wondering if it will come back and that I would have gone in March had the treatments not worked on top of being with a not so great person to have around yes its hard and like a roller coaster
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Cancer free here also, as the journey was not good for me. Now parts are not working as before, the good news is however that I am still here. All other functions do not count. Life is here and I appreciate that. We all need to see that as a beginning, that have the this lucky result. I am on your team. We can and should share it in the most positive way. Yes, there are roller coasters to be ridden, but lets still get off and live life how we can best.
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