Cancer experiences and scares

I have been through a lot recently and I took it all in stride, not thinking of it and just going through the motions. Things have settled down for the most part, but now I'm anxious about anything occuring down the line and I can't believe I even have said the word cancer in relation to my life. It is almost like residual anxiety.

Can anyone relate? I literally think about this every single day.

Sorry for being ambiguous, I don't feel like going into too much detail.

Message edited 4/22/2012 1:55:16 PM.

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Message edited 4/24/2012 9:40:11 AM.

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Yes, I can. I was diagnosed with BC in July, underwent a double mastectomy and chemo.
I'd really like to forget the entire thing but I can't. People who don't know what happened comment on my "haircut" and then there are people who ask when I am having more children. I can't have more kids thanks to cancer.
I worry about getting other types of cancer now. I no longer feel safe. Skin cancer scares me. I get nervous when I feel the sun on my skin. When I breath in second hand smoke I think of the people I met undergoing chemo for lung cancer who didn't even smoke and I worry I'll get that. I often want to start yelling at people when they smoke near me or my family.
I have to remind myself not to worry about these things and just take the best care of myself that I can. We know that stress is no good for your body so you have to control that and not let your fears take over. That's what I try to do anyway.

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Uggghh I was diagnosed with lymphoma when I was 20. After all of my treatments and getting a clean bill of health I became obsessed with horrible thoughts. I thought anything and everything was going to kill me, I was paranoid all the time and it actually stopped me from doing certain things, but I just kinda realized I can't control everything, I can do as much as I can but everything happens for a reason. Now I try to to think positive all the time..I really believe when you think positive, positive things happen and vice versa. So don't worry cause worrying causes stress and stress is not good for anyone!!!

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Posted by dita

Yes, I can. I was diagnosed with BC in July, underwent a double mastectomy and chemo.
I'd really like to forget the entire thing but I can't. People who don't know what happened comment on my "haircut" and then there are people who ask when I am having more children. I can't have more kids thanks to cancer.
I worry about getting other types of cancer now. I no longer feel safe. Skin cancer scares me. I get nervous when I feel the sun on my skin. When I breath in second hand smoke I think of the people I met undergoing chemo for lung cancer who didn't even smoke and I worry I'll get that. I often want to start yelling at people when they smoke near me or my family.
I have to remind myself not to worry about these things and just take the best care of myself that I can. We know that stress is no good for your body so you have to control that and not let your fears take over. That's what I try to do anyway.