My Reluctant Journey.

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Well, This Is It .. I don't know why I have been chosen to take a journey I have no wish to go on - BUT this journey is here for a Reason?  Be it for me or for someone else.  Is it a punishment?  I don't know!  Is it as a reason for something that happened in my past? A beastly side effect for all of the experimentations of having IVF x 6 tries - IVF was full of Hormonal starts/Hormonal stops and other awful drugs which pushed my body to the limit and sadly for me, it never did result in my having any children.  So, it seems that I am trying to make some sense of what is happening to me - I feel like I have already started Dying!  Does anyone else feel like that?  I see that look in people's eyes, when you tell them you have cancer and they look back at you and you can see DEATH staring you in the face because that is what people think the minute the word CANCER is spoken. Lucky Me Eh?  I have known about this illness for just over a week and  it is a lonely illness because it is within yourself and no-one can share the burden of it - they can share kind words with you but can't lift it off of your shoulders.       This is my START and I must remember to put the date first in future.  Today is Saturday 17th July 2010.  I have just had my 57th birthday, so I have had a good run, as my Mother would say.

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  • FormerMember
    FormerMember

    Hello Simmeysmummy,

    This is between me and you. Yes you are dying and so am I. From the day you and I where born we started to die, I know its a bummer but thats life.12 yrs ago I was diagnosed with 3 different types of Cancer and I was give at the most 3 yrs to live, now that means I have been dead for 9 yrs I just havnt realised it yet. So I can hear you say what the hell is he doing typing at this time of night.Well the answer is simple I dont know. But this much I can tell you,you have come to the right site where you will meet a lot of very good friends who are only too willing to help you in any way. Yes most of us have Cancer and very good Carers.But we are here as a family to help eachother through the good and bad days.So welcome to the site. O/K Im not dead yet.

    Take care and be safe Big Hugs Love Sarsfield.xxx

  • FormerMember
    FormerMember

    Simmeysmummy,

    You are not alone on journey.  So many out here in Mac land are traveling the same path.

    You have had the terrible shock of a cancer diagnosis. I hope you have the support of family and friends.  But at times, we all need to vent anger, fear and a whole range of emotions without upsetting those closest to us.  That’s where this site comes in.  We all share good and bad news. We can rant away when we are angry, and share experiences as we battle on.

    Now you have found the Mac site, keep posting, we are all here for you.

    Daffe xxx

  • FormerMember
    FormerMember

    or you could look at it this way simmy,  

    being diagnosed with cancer a week ago actually means that you could  now be on the way to recovery....

    your about to take the first step to remission and getting well when you have your first treatment...

    IF you hadnt been diagnosed last week and you hadnt found out you had cancer then you would end up getting worse as you wouldnt be waiting for your treatment what could make you better..

    they say one in 3 people get cancer of some sort so everyone has an equal chance of getting it...no one with cancer has done anything to deserve getting it, its just life ...some do and some dont...its not your fault..

    as sarsfield has said we are all dying from the day we are born....you know....im 54...i consider myself lucky because some people dont even make it into there teens..

    its a shock to be diagnosed i know...and everyone of us reacts different...

    but its not allways the end of the world ...theres hope....theres still a good chance of a future....and to be honest even before you was diagnosed you could have died at anytime...anyone can...

    i dont think people are thinking death when they look at you...i expect most are thinking how they hope you get better...and those that do think death the minute you mention cancer dont know anything....

    course its not easy....course there will be dark thoughts and bad days..but they will also be good days and good times...

    being diagnosed really isnt the end of the world.....its often the start of recovery....remission....a fight back...

    today is the start of your fight back.....and with luck the fight back will work...we all hope it will and we all send you all the best...

  • FormerMember
    FormerMember

    Hello Simmy, its unfortunate but I have to welcome you to the site!  We're not a bad bunch at all as we're all in the same boat.  This is the beginning of your journey and the beginning of the rest of your life - just not how you planned it.  In a way I feel I have been given many gifts from being ill with br.ca. as I used to be a very closed person who didn't reach out to others but since coming on the site and sharing my thoughts/feelings/despair - many other maclanders have given me gifts from themselves and I realise no one person is alone, no matter what they're going through.  My diagnoses was in 2007 and I am still here and doing okay as I didn't have chemo due to infection.  I try to enjoy every day which I probably wouldn't have done if I hadn't been diag. - I would probably still have been moaning about having no money, bad weather, bad hair, spot on my bum - but today is fantastic in every way.  I shall do a little cooking, put on some music and maybe have a little wine and enjoy my garden - what a gift!  Please keep coming on the site and letting us know how you are coping/not coping/ we will all listen and, I am sure, you will receive gifts from the lovely maclanders here!  Ann x

  • FormerMember
    FormerMember

    Hi we met in the forums.

    I just wanted to send you my love and best wishes and to say that it isn't anything you've done in your past that has caused your cancer you were, like the rest of us, unlucky.

    I hope all go's well with your treatment. You will feel a little better when that starts.

    Take care Love Julie X