Sink or5 Swim , literally

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FormerMember

9 Dec 2012

i hate water and hate feeling as if i dont know who i am any more, so i have taken the bull by the horns and booked swimming lessons, only had two but my instructor says i show real determination - yes that i will get through this crap or at least make some money for macmillan and my local hospice. Three young people at work have pledged to join me, no prompting they offered which brought tears to my eyes, most folks have ticjked the boxes and moved on thinking my lifes back to normal, only you macv friendss know thats not true.

Beevergirl xx

FormerMember over 12 years ago

You go girl!!!!

very proud of you.

This is a really tricky time and it was the time I wobbled the most and when i joined here. There is a new booklet from macmillan about what to do after treatment ends that you can get by clicking on the be.macmillan link at the top and what I found the most helpful was the following article:

http://www.cancercounselling.org.uk/northsouth/extra4.nsf/WebResClient/1761049276601BD68025735B00604834/$FILE/article3.pdf?openElement

I printed it off and gave it to my other half and sent it to a couple of people too so they could see what it felt like- so far removed from well, that's ok now. We'll leave you alone to recover.

So proud of you swimming- I love swimming with a passion so it was the first thing I wanted to do again so a cheat for me and I'll sponsor you if you pm the details

Please read the article, its really good and it does make you go 'oh yes, that's me.. I'm normal ' :)

Little My xxxx
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