Pretending it's not real

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Hi everyone,

I feel like it's wrong that I'm pretending like nothing is happening/about to happen right now... It's definitely an 'ignorance is bliss' situation going on in my head at the moment.

I have my picc line being installed tomorrow and an injection for drug induced menopause before I have my very first chemotherapy session on Tuesday. If I pretend it's not happening, I'm kind of ok. If I think about it (even writing this) I just cry. Am I the only one?

I'm usually the one who likes to know everything, but I'm literally ignoring every leaflet and avoiding Google like the plague. I've relied on my loved ones to read them and tell me the bits that matter if I ask, as if I read it, I think it will all be too much and too real... I'm really upset this is the way I'm approaching it right now but can't seem to find another way that doesn't include constant upset.

I guess it's because I'm scared? Sending love to everyone about to start their journey like me x

  • I'm very much like you .I found out in August and waited until I had all the scans etc and had been told what the treatment plan was .When I left hospital the first time with a pile of leaflets I had been given ,I just put them at the back of a cupboard .I don't read all the details in the letters the oncologist sends to the GP and myself ,I just want to know how the treatment is going and plough my way through this feeling as 'normal' as is possible. I'm halfway through chemo and I like that people feel comfortable with asking me how I am feeling without feeling they are treading on eggshells.Im not in denial about the whole situation ,but I don't need to let it completely take over my life . X