SCANXIETY TIME AGAIN

ditto1 said:

You call it Mojo, we call it Prayer and
its on its way. I believe based on your last CT scann even better news will await you after this scan and that is our prayer for you. Let us Know. I get my Pet scan next week and feeling a little axious myself. We will make it.

Prayers
Mojo, fingers crossed, hoping & wishing! I am feeling very positive that you will get results in your favor. My dr said erbitux is an amazing maintenance drug because it just melts away the tumors. You will be in my thoughts, please update us when you get results.
Billie

phrannie51 said:

Saying a prayer,
sending good Mojo...and for extra measure going to cross all my digits for your scan tomorrow!! We're looking for good changes and shrinkage God!! I've had some anxious times in my life, but gotta say that scanxiety was a real heart thumping experience.

I took anti-depressant/anti-anxiety drugs during treatment, and I have to agree with you on their effectiveness...I don't recall feeling any different...how I felt was directly related to how my mind would let me feel for that day. This may sound silly, but I added a daily mantra to my meds...for me it was "I am healthy, I am strong"...over and over while I sitting around basking in my side effects. Eventually the sub-concious picks up the message...it helped me.

p

I'm in Ditto's camp...
Prayers headed your way ....it's just gonna be a great scan Mike!!!!


Tim

Positive
Positive thoughts coming your way...

luv4lacrosse said:

THANKS MUCH FOR THE GOOD THOUGHTS
Thank you all for the good thoughts, it really helps as I am reading this and receiving chemo as I type. I hope I have a preliminary read to share with you all tomorrow.

Hopefully I get to join the "erbitiux tumor meltaway club" tomorrow.

You guys are the best!!!

Mike

Thinking good thoughts for
Thinking good thoughts for you tomorrow. I am a relative newbie to the site but I know how anxious you must be. You have been throught alot and I know it's not easy but keep fighting.

Joan

AntiDepresents
You have one thing wrong about antidepressants: They make the stock holders of pharmaceutical companies happy. Rick.

scan time
Mike,

Here’s hoping your scan fills your glass more than half full and that the treatments are moving in the right direction.

How’s the Erbitux treating you? I still have “Erbitux freckles” at 9 months out.

Best,

Matt

luv4lacrosse said:

DAILY MANTRA
Phrannie, thanks for the good advice. I too have not found much help with the meds unless I go into my day with a positive attitude. I guess my first good though right now is I amin my romm getting chemo with 6 others and I look to be in the best shape, just by looking at others. I should feel good about that, but also feel for them, and it sucks spending 5 hours in a room looking at other sick people.

I am able to work out at home, and I have managed to get through the first 12 weeks without having blood counts that are too low to receive treatment, have never had to have the blood transfusions the Doc's felt I was definitely going to have, I have not lost any weight and no hair loss, and I am managing to be able to work pretty much full time.

You are one of the most upbeat people I get the pleasure from reading your posts and comments. You look genuinely happy in your photo. and my photo is just a pipedream from the past. Can barely bench 110 lbs now, and cannot lift much of anything with my legs. That was what really defined me most of my life, and now I look like a little old man.

Best

Mike

Mike....my pic is
from the past, too...LOL. I don't have that mane of hair any longer, and I weigh in about 22 lbs less. I used to heft hay bales, and could carry a 50 lb bag of grain from the Jeep to the barn...now days I can barely get 30 lbs of dog food into the house. I'm getting used to the new me, tho...and hubby does the grain these days.

I used mantra's when I quit drinking...every AA group seems to have a guru, and the one in my group was a huge believer of mantra's...I thought why not? It's easy, and you don't have to believe for them to work...all you have to do is the footwork. I wasn't born a positive thinker, that's for sure...LOL.

Another thing I've used along the way is yoga...it calms the mind, strengthens the body...and offers a general sense of well-being. I've done the Richard Hitleman's beginners yoga 1000 times...I'm not looking to tie myself into a knot, just looking for the "feel good" it brings to head and body.

We'll get you past this scan, and you can breath easier once again...I'm so sure that they are going to see more GOOD changes in the tumors...

On the glas half full/half empty question....I've always wondered why we have to always deal with a half glass of water at all...are there no FULL ones out there????

p