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Originally Posted by BipolaRNurse
My husband died from pancreatic cancer, so I hate the disease with every fiber of my being. I'm so sorry you're dealing with cancer too, and hope your remission is a very long one. Hugs.
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I'm sorry to hear you lost your husband to pancreatic cancer. It's a cruel disease.
I was operated on and then I had 16 weeks of chemo, which left me with a painful neuropathy and hearing loss and a really pronounced fatigue, but I am alive... Thank you for sharing BipolaRNurse
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Originally Posted by Movingon69
I want you to know I do understand. I had colon cancer at 17. At that age all my "friends" rallied around me at first but once it became a drawn out thing they were much more interested in their social lives than visiting me. I finished my last year of high school from the hospital. Even though that was over 30 years ago I'm constantly afraid I'm going to hear the "C" word again.
I'm sorry you are feeling so isolated. I would encourage to post about your struggles of both here because the stress of the lung cancer has to impact you MI  |
Thank you Movingon69, for sharing your own struggle with cancer and your encouragement. When i am feeling really down I have the illusion that I am the only one in the world who feels this way or that I have a particular misfortune. It is a double whammy having both cancer and bipolar.
Yesterday I went out with my son for Thai food in a nearby town. We couldn't see the mountains because of the intense cloud cover and it was absurdly cold for the time of year, but at least we didn't have smoke in the air. We had some apocalyptic days here as in many other places in western North America too.
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Originally Posted by LostMyMuchness
I am sorry you are feeling down. I'm always here lurking, listening and hoping the best for you. I saw the thread in question and found it triggering as my mom passed from cancer. I wouldn't wish that on anyone. I hope you feel better.
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Thanks for reaching out LostMyMuchness. I also lost my mom to cancer when she was very young (51). That's why I went and got a bunch of test for cancer when I finally quit smoking including a colonoscopy and eventually a chest xray just to check that my lungs had nothing obviously wrong in them after 35+ years of smoking. I'm 55 now. That was when I was 52.
I'm going to cut my AP Rexulti to 0.5 mg from 1 mg in two months if I am still stable. I discussed this with my pdoc as a plan. Anything that can give me a little more energy. I am half the person (or less) than I was before chemo.
Yes, I too found that thread triggering. I feel like it should have a trigger warning on it.