Prognosis is good, why don't I feel better?

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  • foxhd
    foxhd Member Posts: 3,181 Member
    #22
    Boolea said:

    Good Sunday morning
    Good Sunday morning everyone,

    I'm not sure why my posts are doubling up, but I have had some trouble with delays and getting hung up. It's not my internet connection.

    I will check back and look at older posts, fox, thanks. I'm glad you are doing well and thanks for your positivity and encouragement!

    Yes, my percentages are great, and I was laying in bed this morning thinking: why don't I feel happy/relieved/ecstatic/encouraged? Maybe it's emotional overload, I don't know. Right now I am still healing from surgery and finding that it's not just the body that needs to heal, it's the mind and emotions as well. I do recall that when the doctor came in and spoke with me right after surgery, and told me he had saved the kidney, I felt very happy and was laughing and joking with the nurses.

    I'm also finding out things about the people in my life. Every bad experience in life teaches us things, doesn't it? I am also growing more aware of how many people are touched by cancer.

    I would like to do some reading and research now on why we get this type of cancer and what we can do as far as diet, lifestyle, to prevent it coming back.

    Have a good day, all.
    Courtney

    feeling good.
    Courtney, you have just experienced a potential brush with your own mortality. One doesn't just quickly get over it. Life will become appreciated differently. For better or for worse is a decision you have to make. During my first year since nephrectomy, I found I had a much shorter tolerance for nonsense when dealing with people. (not that that has gone away).Life is too short. I'll tell you that most of us think about our diagnosis over and over again. Day in and day out. We are changed forever. It is the line about when life gives you lemons.......,.things can still be good. Your value system will undoubtably change. That is OK. Just make it so.
  • Boolea
    Boolea Member Posts: 28
    #23
    foxhd said:

    feeling good.
    Courtney, you have just experienced a potential brush with your own mortality. One doesn't just quickly get over it. Life will become appreciated differently. For better or for worse is a decision you have to make. During my first year since nephrectomy, I found I had a much shorter tolerance for nonsense when dealing with people. (not that that has gone away).Life is too short. I'll tell you that most of us think about our diagnosis over and over again. Day in and day out. We are changed forever. It is the line about when life gives you lemons.......,.things can still be good. Your value system will undoubtably change. That is OK. Just make it so.

    Thank you
    I read your reply several times over. I could not have stated it otherwise...it's perfect. I already feel better knowing that what I'm going through, despite my positive prognosis, is entirely normal. I'm already experiencing that feeling of intolerance you are speaking of.

    I told a friend that things would never be the same in my life...and she tried to talk me out of that thinking, probably concluding that I was becoming depressed. I tried to tell her, no...it doesn't mean I will be miserable, I can live with it and look for happiness. She doesn't understand. Nobody does, until they get the big C diagnosis.

    Thank you for your insightful words and encouragement!
    Boolea

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