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Originally Posted by Innerzone
I'm sorry you feel so alone and isolated, tecomsin.  I wish I had a magic wand to make it not so. I don't know what to say on the posting. It's a shame seeing someone diminish cancer casually like that.
(Snow?!) Rant away, whether the weather is affecting you or not. It's ok if it does, sometimes it does me, especially if goes on and on. It's been mostly cloudy here today, and the weather has shifted for sure.
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Hey Innerzone, thanks for taking the effort to write when you have so much going on in your life right now. I really do think part of it is the weather. My sleep hasn't been all that great the last few days. I feel better now. It is good to have the feeling that at least one other person in the world gets where you are coming from.
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Originally Posted by downandlonely
Sometimes having a mental illness feels so bad that people wish for a physical illness. I definitely don't want cancer though. Although I think the stigma for most types of cancer is less than for mental illness (lung cancer would be an exception to this). I'm sorry you're struggling with this.
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I see your point downandlonely. And yes having lung cancer is super stigmatizing. I have been shamed even by other cancer patients (in a support group of all things) for bringing it on myself... There is less sympathy in my view for people with lung cancer than for people with mental illnesses and it is super cruel since most people still die from LC in a year or two. Also a significant fraction never smoked (i quit before i was diagnosed). I feel just totally screwed as a bipolar patient who has been treated for lung cancer. I don't know if my fatigue is due to the chemo or the mental illness or to the meds for the latter.
Blueberrybook, you do sound so much better than a few weeks ago. I hope you get good news tomorrow and your new therapists offers you a lot of support in the weeks and months ahead.