Hi all,
I've joined this group as I have a meningioma brain tumour that's benign. I also have just recovered from cervical cancer, I also have a benign tumour on my liver and am fresh out of hospital after having Pyeloneritis kidney infection and sepsis.
Unsure as to what I'm hoping to get out of this, just maybe offload speak to people who have being through the same. I feel very blessed that I've overcome the cervical cancer but don't feel like it happened to me if that makes sense. I'm wondering if ive just got to good at hiding how I really feel or if it will all hit me all of a sudden. I guess just don't really know how I've being through so much, still going through it and maybe I've become numb to it all.
I'd love to hear how others felt when going through cancer x
Hi Traci1
Welcome to our community, I hope you find it both informative and supportive.
I am Steve one of the community champions and my experience of cancer is via my wife who has Leiomyosarcoma.
Before Janice had her cancer diagnosis she has Pyometra that led to sepsis and it took some time for her to come out of the brain fog that led to. With various other issues I can certainly relate to the idea of being numb. Our good news is that her cancer has now been stable for over 10 years now and as she puts it "living with cancer".
We do have something of a guide here of after cancer that might be helpful.
New to the Community forum is a bit like the welcome map to our community while most people look at specific cancer types and expereinces. You might like to look at our Cervical cancer forum as I am sure some there would be happy to celebrate your recovery.
<<hugs>>
Steve
So sorry to hear what your wife as being through brain fog is definitely what I've being experiencing it's like one thing after another how is your wife doing now must be awful for you to see how mu
she as gone through I often think this with my family seeing the hurt it as caused them there worry and stress the one diagnosis after another can really leave you feeling empty numb like the everything maybe became to much so we kind of shut ourselves off while also battling and fighting against the illnesses x
After two lots of chemotherapy the oncologists managed to render Janice's cancer stable and that has been our life now for the last 10 years. Now she get's an annual checkup but even that is down to an x-ray and a quick chat. With some help we got to the happy state of living with cancer rather than anything else, Janice says the cancer is not bothering her and she is not bothering it.
<<hugs>>
Steve
