Laryngeal cancer

Hi Dave1189 

Its really tough and a lot of us suffer PTSD

This isn’t the answer but it’s a start. Have a read of this piece by a clinical psychologist involved in cancer rehab 

https://workingwithcancer.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/After-the-treatment-finishes-then-what.pdf

Do you have. Maggie’s attached to your hospital or nearby? They can be really helpful and you can just drop in to see them. 
The mouth Cancer Foundation has a weekly Zoom you could join and the link is here 

https://www.mouthcancerfoundation.org/support-groups/

Its a very friendly group with patients and clinicians giving support and practical advice

Lean on your team  your CNS should be able to help here too

There is also The Swallows charity. There may be a group near you and they run a 24 hour support line, manned by people not AI

Hope some of this helps 

HI and welcome to the group ,Cancer is one of those things that you can not control ,all you can do is put your faith and trust in your medical team and do exactly what they tell you to do your type of cancer is very curable. Try and carry on as normal as possible do things you enjoy doing if you can use your friends and family for support .Just think in a few months things will be better the first 6 to 8 weeks are the worst after radiotherapy but things do get much better .I have not had surgery as yet and hope i dont have to but from what others have said its not too bad the radiotherapy is a lot worse .Maybe talk to your team and see if they can prescribe something to calm you until you get through the worst .Keep posting on here there is always someone to talk to good luck .

Hi Dave. It is a hard time and most of us go through the emotional turmoil you are experiencing. I broke down at one of my appointments with my surgeon and had a good cry and told him how I was feeling.He was so supportive and acknowledged my feelings and that went a long way to helping me. Just having someone who said that it is normal to feel that way. He recommended that I go to my G.P for a short course of anti depressants. However I found just talking about how I felt made such a difference so did not end up having the anti depressants. I also found being on this forum helped as there were so many others who understood and had gone through something similar.

Now I find being involved in an activity that takes my mind off things makes all the difference. I volunteer at my local library and find shelving the books so soothing. I can't think about anything else other than getting that book into the right place. If you can find an activity that takes up all your concentration that does help. 

Things do get better but it takes time. Hang in there.

Lyn

Thanks for your reply Lyn I'm sure once I return to work it'll pass easily.