Cancer Support
In reply to the discussion: I have joined the big C club. Melanoma in the neck. [View all]olddots
(10,237 posts)ask the doctors questions even when you can barely speak ask the guestions you need answered .
Get a dehumidifyer ,your throat will be trashed and partched but I swear it gets better , your taste buds will return and your saliva will too but you are going to have to drink lots of water for ever which means you will have to pee alot which is boring but beats dying .
What kept me alive was a cheesy portable c.d. player and some real head phones , comfortable ones .I listened to classical music because it goes well with the pain drugs that wipe you out .The hardest thing to do is not feel bad about feeling bad ,give yourself a break especially in recovery .Your mind will go chemo brain on you ,memory loss etc.... but you'll get it back .
tell the docs how you actually feel instead of stroking their egos , they a specialistics who lack bed side manner because of modern consumer medicine practices .
Join a cancer group because you will feel very alone in this and the cancer guilt thing needs talking about .Don't get scanziety because you get used to being poked and put thru absurd sci fi machines , last of all you might just say cancer was the best thing that ever happened to me because you realize we live till we die which sounds really dopey but its true .
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