Losing hope

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well im afraid i given up hope of not being given a terminal verdict next week, yes i know i thought these thought before but mainly because my consultant was forever telling me in september that i was in a very horrible position after the failure of HDC.

i had the lung operation on the 10 th of October and very soon i will have my first consultation concerning the results,

i can't see it possible that i will get away with out any more treatment, 

nor can i see how it wont be just palliative chemo how can it be any thing but , ive already had two major operations to remove the cancer, last year the pathology of the tumour was dead tissue, the chemo had destroyed the cancer, and yet still it came back.

so how on earth can this op have worked, i no they did it with cure as the goal, when i was first diagnosed in 2012  with an 18cm tumour in my abdomen with smaller tumours in my lungs  and chest , both myself and my wife were 100% confident that in 16 weeks i would be cured, cause we were told it was very curable and yolk sac tumours reacted well to chemo.

it wax just going to be 16 weeks of hell the a return to normal life,

but that never happened, nor do i believe anymore that it will happen, our dreams of making more memories together have vanished in front of our eyes, even our stupid dreams of just having a catching the same train back home after work and the only thing we had in life to moan about was how bad our day at work had been, like we used to pre cancer life.

Pre cancer life it all seemed so important, work, promotion , pay rise or lack of pay rise.a broken favourite glass or mug when one of us was washing.

but now its really all trivial,  as soon imagine i be dead no longer able to tell my wife i love her, no longer be able to make things right for her as im supposed to do, no longer laugh and get excited with future plans,the joys of seeing the swallows return from south Africa indicating spring and long days. 

as i can no longer see a future apart from a nasty death in a hospital away from my home 

no more happy holidays, no return of the swallows for me, as all i see is my funeral, two and a half years of cancer treatment has robbed me of my hope. 

im sorry for such a miserable depressing entry as people need to cheered up on this sight not read self pitying blogs, but thats how i feel

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  • FormerMember
    FormerMember

    Hi Damon, it is very hard for anything I say here to comfort you, I am not in the same situation as you but I know many people who are and have been. I am quite a deep emotional thinker and have been reviewing all the end-games of my own illness in my head and also the possibility of having that 'terminal' diagnosis at some point.

    For me, I know that I will feel depressed as you sound at the moment, I will also be scared for my partner, family and me. But I would want to very much live my last months, weeks and days in the bosom of my family and friends and not feeling completely debilitated by treatments that have little chance of working. I would want to see my partner smile and smile with her and encourage her to not be afraid.

    Someone once told me something that stuck with me "we are all terminally ill, its just a matter of when an how", and it made me feel lucky in some way that I can plan my departure and goodbyes as so many people cannot, they do not get chance to say farewell due to the suddenness of accidents etc.

    There is always hope in everything and I do wish you all the luck in the world with your prognosis and I know this community will offer lots and lots of support where they can.

  • FormerMember
    FormerMember

    where are you going to moan if you can't here damon? Be as bloody miserable as you like, it's your prerogative in this horrid situation you are in, people dont have to read it if they dont want. I just wanted to say that I hope you get good news. You never know. Wishing you all the best. S