20-03-2017, 12:33 PM
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Having been through it myself, I have helped a lot of others sufferers and most say they like to talk to me because I understand.Thanks to the many new treatments, it is no longer the certain death sentence, it once was, but still too many die! It is a lonely illness so, if anybody has someone they know with cancer, talk to them about it. Plant the belief that 50% if cancer patients now survive, because that may give them the strength to fight this disease.
They were not hopeful when I had it, but my oncologist told me that my positive approach to it, in his opinion, is what helped me to survive.
20-03-2017, 12:54 PM
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Stay positive. The last time I saw Jenny was my birthday,she was so pleased to see me. I cannot wait to come home and give you my presents. I rang the next day and she was still so positive.In the early hours of the following morning I ignored the phone ringing-the police car and a wpc was not to be ignored. I can still see it. Cleo(my cat) mummy is not coming home. I also remember the young wpc-it was her first time to bring bad news-I`ve had the training but nothing prepares you for this.
20-03-2017, 12:58 PM
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Originally Posted by susan m
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Twink , your amazing .I've lost friends and family to the big C , it broke my heart , but now I do feel that there are more and more ways of living with it and a better quality of life too .
There are new methods of treatment every couple of months, so she will keep on fighting in the hope they will find a cure. She wouldn't be able to do that if she was dead, so it is worth the fight!
20-03-2017, 01:09 PM
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The problem with calling it a battle or a fight is it leaves many wondering what they could have done better IMO I'm last one standing from our breast cancer ward, we kept in touch after we left. I can't claim I fought harder, battled more or prayed more as one numpty told me, all I did was present earlier, have a less invasive type of cancer and be very lucky.Sometimes you need something to live for too as you just described twink. I said after last time no more chemo but now having grace if God forbid it came back I would have chemo again if it might help.
20-03-2017, 01:19 PM
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Julie I think people use the words fight or battle because they see cancer as an enemy, but I feel that everyone who has it does their best to beat it... not just those who survive.The positive belief, that you can beat it, does help and I hope the day will come when everybody can.
Finding it early really does help, so I would suggest that everybody checks for lumps regularly, and if they find one, does something about it very fast!
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