Hi
My name is Tim I'm in recovery from stage 4 Nasopharyngeal Cancer.
I had a bit of a melt down this morning and the support/chat center were very helpful and have pointed me to your group.
Hopefully I can find or even offer some help along the way.
Hi Tim welcome to the group from me. This is a good place to come with any worries you may have; we have all been there and know how you feel, we can't offer any medical advice, so always get in touch with your team if you were to have any issues. We are all here to help, and someone will always answer questions if they can.
Ray.
Hi Tim. It is only normal to have a meltdown as recovery from cancer can be challenging. We are humming along nicely with our lives and then all of a sudden we get a cancer diagnosis out of the blue and have to adjust to that. The treatment is challenging and there are good and bad days. The good news is that the good days increase over the bad days but it takes time. It is now 3 years since my last treatment for jaw cancer and I now live a happy life and you will too.
Hang in there, make yourself some small achievable goals so that you can have some control over your life. Just something like a short walk to the end of the street or whatever you think that you can manage. Not necessarily a goal around exercise but anything at all. I found making these small goals really helped me to move forward.
Sending you my very best wishes
Lyn
Sophie66
Hi Tim welcome from me as well we’re a small friendly group always ready to listen. We never judge anyone feel free to rant,rave cry ir laugh on here. We’ve all been there . Meltdowns are perfectly ok I had a few at 0300 sat on the kitchen floor during my treatment and recovery.
Hazel x
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My blog is www.radioactiveraz.wordpress.com HPV 16+ tonsil cancer Now 6 years post treatment. 35 radiotherapy 2 chemo T2N2NM.Happily getting on with living always happy to help
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