Hi everyone

Hi Gray, It sounds like this is your first post, welcome to the group. I’m not a frequent poster on here at the moment but tonight your post caught my eye. I usually read someone’s profile as well as their post as it usually gives a bit of insight as to where they are coming from, but it seems like it’s been to early for you to do that yet. I wasn’t sure which post of yours to reply to first, I chose the other one in the end then popped back here.

Im making a big assumption here so please correct me if I’m wrong, but I’m thinking that as it’s 17 months since your diagnosis, that the 12 - 18 month guess work by your doctor is praying on your mind. What I should let you do instead of guessing and butting in is just listen and let you express the questions and fears that you have. I found when I did my list it had for me a calming effect when I read them back, a sort of sorting out of how I felt. In your other post it looks like you do the same just for yourself in your journal, sometimes just a note to myself is enough, sometimes a post here helps as you say reaching out to others, others who are experiencing their own versions of being incurable who are more likely to understand.

Welcome Gray.

Lots of support and experience here, so stick around and ask your questions or express your fears. Someone here will always help.

Are you managing to keep working while you have chemo? 

Much love,

Stuart x 

Hi gray a very warm welcome to the group you have come to the right place we are a brill gang of people who stick together and support everyone round the clock 

Welcome to the forum, sorry you have a need to be here. You will find that many on this forum are well past their doctor given sell by date and some have even passed it by so much that new treatments are available that didn't exist when they were original diagnosed. We all have fears, none of us has faced anything like a terminal diagnosis before we got the one that brought us here. Feel free to ask all the questions you want likelihood is one of us have been through something similar so will be able to help in some way.

Welcome to the group Graham.

Hi stuart

im not working at the minute but they keep paying me lol!  I take tablet chemo so I don’t have any lines. I think I’m lucky as I’ve not had that many side effects. I was working and cycling 5 miles to work everyday until I got my diagnosis up until then I was fit (ish) and cracking on with stuff. 

all the best 

Gray 

Mcmillan have a support phone line if you need to speak to an independent voice !

JUST A THOUGHT!!

Hi Gray,

Welcome to the group, I've found it really useful for questions or just expressing frustration, there are plenty of kind and thoughtful people here to help. And we have fun too! 

I hope that you find the site as helpful as I do.

Best wishes 

Hi Graham, welcome to the group, but sorry you find yourself here. This really is a very supportive group, with everyone here knowing exactly what you are going through, because we are all in the same boat.  If you want to know about any of us, you can click on our profile name or picture, which will take you to our profile page. I will pop a link to an information page about profiles and settings  HERE in case you want to put some information on your own profile page. 

Take care 

Hi Gray

were all her so talk away...

take care

sylvia