Forgot I had cancer!

mp327 said:

Hi Angela!

I'm still waiting for that to happen to me, but I'm getting closer!  Congrats on being 2.5 years cancer-free!  I think this disease teaches us to celebrate all things that are good in life, even the smallest of things.  I went out to check my flower beds the other day and felt like doing the happy dance because the chipmunks actually went a whole day without trying to dig any of them up!  LOL!  Keep moving forward, my friend, as I know you will!  Love and hugs to you!

Wow! So it can happen! How fantastic is that? I appreciate the small things more recently. Cancer is not good, but the change in perspective is! Liz

Well, once again, I'm the odd man out...  I assumed that the tumor was gone when the treatments were over and don't think about the cancer that I had. (I do, however think about the litany of problems that I have from the #$@! treatments because they affect my quality of life.) 

I've not had any follow-up evaluations and don't plan to.  It's all in the rear view mirror and I'm more interested in what passes by now.  I often find myself going left when everyone else goes right, or vice versa.  Sometimes it's a good thing, sometimes it doesn't serve me very well, but that's just how it is, and always has been.  Dunno why. Just is.

to be there too---I can go 12 hrs without thinking about it on a good day--still have itching so that brings me back getting port out end of the month--another milestone

TraceyUSA said:

Port ?

I'm glad to see that there is hope for not thinking of the 'C' word every day.  I was beginning to think it was just me that couldn't get it out of my mind.  Martha hit it on the head when she said this disease teaches us to celebrate the good things in life.  It's those little things that I used to take for granted that mean so much now.  Anyway, I see that you (OMG 1012) mentioned getting your port out.  I'm an anxiously awaitng that milestone as well, how long after treatment did you have to wait to get it removed?  I finished treatments in the middle of March and can't wait to get rid of this thing bulging out of my chest.

Hi Tracey,

I finished treatments in January.  I was TIS which is not even considered stage 1.  I had a small hemmy removed in Oct, that is when they found it.  They thought they had gotten it all, but to be on the safe side they decided to treat me anyway with standard protocol chemo/radiation.  except no rad to groin area, just the site of the surgery because it had not invaded the underlying tissue (it was just on the surface).  have had CT scan and follow ups, so I would say it is 6 months, since end of treatment. And I agree with Martha too---life has so much more meaning now---All we can do is hope for some sort of normalcy in our lives again!  and the not thinking about it is a start

For me the big C is still in my rear view mirror which I check regularly, especially when I am sick, like now. I don't think for a moment this malady has anything to do with it, but my obsession with cancer is still there dominating my thinking to a greater degree than I would like.

I hope you just keep getting healthier and healthier and don't think about it until you see your next checkup on your calendar.

Then I hope you don't think twice about that. Just another day you didn't maybe get to go to the beach or something.

Love you!

Sandy

congrats on not thinking about it..... i still do every day with every painful bowel movement.... they are very much less painful and i am grateful for that but the pain is still there and according to MDA is permanent radiation damage...i still fear every bump and spot anywhere.... i now have a tooth pain that no one can figure out....i have had 2 skin cancers but this anal one was horrific......   take care.....sephie