When I first started this blog I was very much in the unknown, I wanted to share my experiences with persons effected by bowel cancer and their carers. Persons that were just embarking on their own cancer journeys. I suppose I just wanted to give a `heads up' of what to possibly expect, to try to make the way slightly easier for them.
There were many times that I was preoccupied with negative thoughts.....................I thought cancer was an imminent death sentence...........mentally, I gave myself two years at the most. When the cancer attacked my lungs for a second time I was already preparing myself not to see another Christmas with my family.................................. other thoughts that plagued me were that the chemotherapy would make me violently sick and all my hair would fall out ..........well yes, this does happen, but again in my case, I had very bad side effects due to the chemo, but these were kept to a minimum by my oncologist and nurses and I didn't loose any hair!!
Truth is.. I was diagnosed in 2009 at an advanced stage of bowel cancer. At the present time I feel great! and extremely lucky that all recent tests (and recent operation) have shown clear of cancer.
I suppose what I'm trying to say to persons and loved ones who may have recently embarked on a similar cancer journey to mine, all is not lost on hearing the word, cancer............ mentally, grab hold of a future intention and never let it go ............mine is "to be at my daughters wedding" she's only eleven years old, just started secondary school and the youngest of my children (no pressure my darling).................., I will be there..
There were many times that I was preoccupied with negative thoughts.....................I thought cancer was an imminent death sentence...........mentally, I gave myself two years at the most. When the cancer attacked my lungs for a second time I was already preparing myself not to see another Christmas with my family.................................. other thoughts that plagued me were that the chemotherapy would make me violently sick and all my hair would fall out ..........well yes, this does happen, but again in my case, I had very bad side effects due to the chemo, but these were kept to a minimum by my oncologist and nurses and I didn't loose any hair!!
Truth is.. I was diagnosed in 2009 at an advanced stage of bowel cancer. At the present time I feel great! and extremely lucky that all recent tests (and recent operation) have shown clear of cancer.
I suppose what I'm trying to say to persons and loved ones who may have recently embarked on a similar cancer journey to mine, all is not lost on hearing the word, cancer............ mentally, grab hold of a future intention and never let it go ............mine is "to be at my daughters wedding" she's only eleven years old, just started secondary school and the youngest of my children (no pressure my darling).................., I will be there..
