Major whinge

Hi Damon, just read your whinge - I am impressed because you have just said it like it is, it messes with your life and makes it shite.

I hope by getting it off your chest - really sorry No Pun Intended - that some of your anger will go, my story has only just started - I was only diagnosed at start of July, have had some chemo, doing ok but some problems with my blood counts so had to stop chemo before my bone marrow was compromised and had a short course of radiotherapy. I did however find myself saying to a friend, i am fed up of this cancer now, I want my life back with all the bumpy bits as well. So I think it must be a little bit like what you feel like.

I don't know if there is a resolution to any of this, or whether we have to come to terms with things ourselves but as you are on the macmillan community website I feel that you will immediately have support and understanding, but more importantly, by telling things from a such a personal perspective, like me, someone reading it will feel better because they will feel as if there is someone who thinks/feels the same way as they do.

Good luck and I wish you laughter and joy xx

No one could blame you for whingeing, Damon. You have been going through an incredibly tough time. If there is any consolation - and it must seem at times as though there is none at all - it is that all these things have been done to you in an attempt to relieve you of your suffering, to cure your cancer or at least to manage it. Sadly, all these treatments and procedures come with side-effects. If only they didn't, life would be a whole lot better. However, you're still here, and still fighting. We can only congratulate you on your courage and endurance, and wish for you to have as much of those sterling qualities as you need to face the battles of the future.

With love, dyad