New to the group

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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.

  • Welcome to the club none of us want to be members of, feel free to ask anything concerning you ,meltdowns are normal ,i have lost count of the times the air has been blue in our house and things have even been thrown .Kind Regards G

  • 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

    Hazel aka RadioactiveRaz 

    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

    2 videos I’ve been involved with raising awareness of HNC and HPV cancers 

    https://www.instagram.com/merckhealthcare/reel/DBs8Y0niJ8N/