Struggling

Hi HerbyGirl58 and welcome to this little corner of the community.but I am sorry to hear you are struggling.

I have been on my cancer journey for over 25 years having been treated for 2 very rare types of blood cancer.

The first type was diagnosed in 1999 and is incurable, the other appeared in late 2013 was very aggressive so I went on to have 2 years full on treatments between late 2013 and late 2015 (800hrs of chemo, 45 radiotherapy zaps and 2 Allograft (donor) Stem Cell Transplants) so based on my long experience the word ‘struggling’ can mean a lot of things.

If you care to explain your struggles more we may be able to help you or direct you to where you can get help and support.

Thank you for reaching out, it sounds like you really have had a tough time of it.

Part of my struggle is that I had an easy time of it and only needed hysterectomy, it’s left me feeling all kinds of emotions, guilt, like a fraud even in denial that it ever happened.

I got diagnosed last July, had my surgery in September then just near my 12 week check I lost two family members, one unexpectedly the other, my much younger half sister who had the same cancer as me but was not so lucky. I think I put the whole experience on the back burner to deal with other things and it’s all caught up with me this week for some reason. I have much to celebrate but I’m not feeling it right now. 
I thought maybe reaching out on here might help me to accept and process my own health experience last year.