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08/31/2011 10:09 PM
ladybug7777
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ok so since recently finding out i have cancer i have noticed myself jst start crying lately. im fine one minute and the next tears are running down my cheeks and i just have to wait and let it pass. usually i am able to control my emotions. I am currently taking paxil and lorazepam. i guess its because its so fresh but sometimes it turns into an all out cry because im so pissed that i have cancer. like i didnt have enough to deal with, with being bipolar w/ptsd and fibromyalgia and trying to convince my doc to believe me that i knew something else was really wrong. he told me he thought it was all in my head and wanted to up my dosage of paxil. but this is not how i wanted to tell him"hey in your face there is something wrong" ok i wanted to say it but no the rest of the sentence which endsin " I have cancer you fool!". im just so angry one minute and sad or just really tired the next. my kidneys are hurting so bad from chemo, but i havent yet joined the cancer support group. i just feel so comfortable here that i wanna vent here. i have friggin cancer and i dnt know why. its so stupid
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09/01/2011 12:55 AM  Top
barelymanic
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Ladybug, so sorry to hear that. Many people with cancer survive it now. But I hear the treatments can be very unpleasant to say the least. You have come to acceptance yet and that is why your emotions are all over the place. Give it time, the same thing happened to me when my son died. Acceptance can come after the anger, etc. But sometimes things don't happen in sequence.

I worry about telling people off too. We are afraid that people won't help us if we are perceived as being rude to them. We are taught to be polite. So what you are going through is perfectly understandable and I am sure normal.

Be gentle with yourself. You obviously are suffering greatly. Docs aren't God and they don't always have tests that are conclusive and for somethings they don't have any tests at all. So they are limited and often wrong.

I have a friend in another group who was diagnosed with ALS (aka lou ghering disease). He cried just thinking about it. He was told that 9 out of 10 neurologist would have given him that wrong diagnosis. Just making a point about how wrong they can be.

My main leadership role is to listen, encourage, and keep the peace....It isn't to give medical or legal advice...Please note...I am not a Doctor...nor an expert...I am here for the same reason all of you are...to receive and give encouragement.

My religion is kindness - The Dalai Lama
For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love. Carl Sagan

09/01/2011 07:03 PM  Top
Arauna

Ladybug I am praying for you. Barely is right; the cancer treatments today are so advanced, even though they make you sick as a dog they work much better than the chemo in the past. Radiation also has been tweaked a bit and is not as bad as it used to be. I know, my mom had both. It was hell while she went through it but now she is back to normal - no, make that meaner than normal. Wink
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