tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3984270792220167584.post6540832251730156346..comments2023-06-16T07:30:19.897-04:00Comments on Motherhood and Cancer: My Body, My SelfUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3984270792220167584.post-1344933413449204952011-07-28T13:15:37.411-04:002011-07-28T13:15:37.411-04:00Frances, Thank you for your comment. It seems that...Frances, Thank you for your comment. It seems that you are encouraging me to think positive. Let me assure you that I do think positive, every day. :) I think that my outlook comes through in this blog. I also sometimes have days when I feel sad, or sick, or overwhelmed. I share those days and those thoughts here as well. Cancer patients are told that they must "Think Positive" all the time and we forget to acknowledge the full picture, which includes sorrow and loss. Also, this post was written in 2008 (3 years ago now), so of course I have love and sympathy for that past-self, I know now that my scars are points of pride for me. I will never be able to job, and I still have nerve pain in my chest and back, and I am still angry that I got cancer, but: here I am, still. :)<br /><br />Amina, you were right! I do (now) see these scars on my back and side as signs that I survived. More than once. I Am Still Here. I am still here to feel, see, hear, taste the magic and love everywhere in the world around me. <br /><br />I also feel sorrow and anger and I still think those emotions are valid and important.Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11107631680842184147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3984270792220167584.post-46378610972248347832011-07-27T14:07:12.232-04:002011-07-27T14:07:12.232-04:00Hi Rose, I am not one to speak about what you'...Hi Rose, I am not one to speak about what you've been through BUT staying positive plays a major part in your recovery. I am an active runner who on April 4, 2011 was diagnosed with lung cancer. I had surgery June 12th, thinking that only my right lower lobe would be removed-only to learn that the middle AND the right lower lobe was removeded. Last night I went jogging and I have been jogging for a month now!!!-yes!! Do I have nerve pain under my breast- yes but the drug neurotin takes care of that. Is there pain at my incision site where they removed a rib and seperated the others? yes but pain medication handles that. Do I feel like I am going to die with my lung not expanding the way it used to when I jogged before- hell yes, but I jog slow and do lung and breathing excersise daily. But today (because of the work i put into getting myself back) I can jog (slowly) and I KNOW I will be running full force in a year...so what am I trying to say? You could be dead as I could be- with small cell lung cancer and no hope!!! BUT God spared us and gave us a chance to LIVE..... so start living dammit instead of looking at what you don't have anymore-Thank God what you do and then he'll work with you to make what's left- BETTER!! fRANCINEFranceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18216500693351010006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3984270792220167584.post-37133468349651691132008-04-20T18:27:00.000-04:002008-04-20T18:27:00.000-04:00I know it probably sounds simplistic and even glib...I know it probably sounds simplistic and even glib, but you can also see scars as a sign that you survived.<BR/><BR/>As for re-connecting with people (next blog) I don't think it has much to do with age - or mortality for that matter. An old friend of mine says some people are continuous and others not. By that she means that some people like to keep friendships going (even if it is always they who initiate the continuity). I am definitely continous in that sense.<BR/><BR/>With my comments I in no way mean to belittle (not quit the word I'm searching for) your feelings about your situation, just adding my 2 cents worth from my own experience.<BR/><BR/>Love as always<BR/>xxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com