Hello one and all,
My name is Terry, and i hail from the beautiful market town of "Ludlow". I was diagnosed with Leukaemia (C L L) about four years ago, and since then my health has taken a nose dive. I am on Watch and Wait and have nothing really to complain about. However, i get really down and have depression to the point that i no longer cope very well. I have tried counselling, talking therapy, CBT, but nothing seems to help. I should say that the reason nothing has worked is down to me, i only have praise for the people i have met along the way.
I reacently had an operation on my Prostate to help me wee properly, and i honestly thought that i may get back to some sort of normality. But i can still go from being fine one minute to suicidal the next, Something i struggle to understand. I have ways to help me cope when it gets really bad. the one thing that always seems to help, is to write down how i am feeling. Anyway, over the past few years i have found that i have a knack for a bit of poetry. As a result i am now writing a short book. I don't pretend to be very good, due to my limited education. I also may be the worst person i know when it come to anything to do with computers or any sort of "Online" stuff. But if i post a few samples of my work to this forum i would very much appreciate some honest feed back. As in, if it's crap say it's crap.
Here's one i wrote earlier, it's called "Fleas on the brain"
To have fleas on the brain, can only mean i am insane. But how foolish i must be, to blame these fleas for my insanity.
Thank you, yours sincerely Terry
Hi Terry my name is terry and a very warm welcome to the Macmillan Community but sorry to hear about your CLL diagnosis.
I am Mike and help out around our blood cancer groups
Navigating a cancer journey can be such a stressful and challenging time but getting support from people who have walked or are walking the ‘exact same' journey can help a lot.
The Community is actually divided into dedicated Support Groups (Discussion Rooms) so can I recommend that you look to join and put up your own post in our dedicated CLL Cancer Support Group.
This group is a safe place to talk to others with a similar diagnosis, treatment experience, to ask questions and get support. To connect in with the group please click on the link below…….
……. and once the group page opens you will see a [Black - Click to Join - Banner] at the bottom of the page, click in this box and this will then confirm that you have joined the group.
You can then introduce yourself to the group by putting up your very own post by clicking [+ Create new post] or [+] in the top right of the group page.
You can copy and paste the text from this post into your new post.
Do get back to me if you need further help navigating the community.
Hello Terry (my name is terry)
Just to add to Mike's Thehighlander post above if you need any further help on information regarding your Prostate operation (A TURP by any chance) we are happy yo help on the Prostate Group. Link here:
Best wishes - Brian.
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