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Hi again Star25 and well done navigating across to this corner.

I won’t go through my complicated See my story again but let’s look for other members to pick up on your post.

So sorry to hear about all of this. You have certainly weathered the storm. Recovery is the difficult task which now lies ahead. Most of us here are somewhere along this line of recovery. We are resilient creatures and can adapt to almost anything. We do not much like the process, but the upshot here is that you have survived, you are alive and although life may be dramatically altered, it remains your life to live. As well or as awful as you may feel, and as surprising as it may sound, you are now a fine example to others. Psychologists have been known to advise that we a should try to get outside of ourselves to maintain a good attitude. Perhaps interaction with other cancer patients - such as here - will be of benefit to you as well as others. 

I am big on perspective. In my childhood, a cancer diagnosis of almost any type soon proved fatal. Looking back, and seeing the progress which has been made, I find comfort in my perpetual state of recovery. Simply talking about it, for those who are comfortable doing so, is often beneficial, even cathartic. I have had two spinal surgeries. The second was far more difficult to recover from and it was a test of my perseverance. Little did I know what all of this was preparing me for. When people ask me how I am, I tell that that I am delighted to be anywhere. and that about sums it up.