Stage 1 .....Still have low days...3 and a half years out

kaza

Hi to all, most of the time i am doing ok...but then something is said, and i find it hard to just get on with life....does anyone else still get crap days ...with same dx and time frame. xx  

JoanQuilts

Kaza:  When I was first diagnosed with Stage 1, it took me probably two years to get my head around what had happened to me and to start to get on with my life.  But time DOES help - you'll get there.    Joan

kaza

JoanQuilts....Thankyou for reply...i feel very fortunate to have such wonderful ladies here such as you, we are able to support each other sending you a special hug to x

jwilco

kaza - I feel the same.  My surgery (also lat umx on the left side) was in Oct 2011.  Most of the time I'm ok.  But I get stressed over anything, even non-medical, then it all comes back.  I'm working on it with yoga, meditation and hard work in changing my way of dealing with life.  But I have heard many say it gets better with time.  For me it has gotten better with time.  I'm hoping that continues and years from now I will still be ok and only think about it for that Oct anniversary.

Hang in there!  You are not alone!

kaza

jwilco.....thankyou for your reply...i feel i am changed for ever, but i know i have to find a way to change the way i deal with negative emotions on low days, i think i may try yoga, or a relaxing therapy. I still have discomfort from the LD surgery so i suppose this is a constant reminder. On a brighter note..i feel i am stronger as a person and take better care of myself and not thinking of everyone else first, i have two lovely sons and a job i love so i have a lot to be thankfull for, just need to kick the c in the butt, it dosnt deserve to be in our thoughts, onwards and upwards ....((((hugs)))))xx

jwilco

The yoga has helped me.  Even if right now it's just one night a week.  It's about an hour of just concentrating on breathing and yoga poses.  No room for those constant worries or stress thoughts. 

I try really hard to think about those thoughts as being floats in a parade.  I watch them as they pass.  Acknowledge them as they pass.  But I don't get on one. 

It's hard, but I have failth that we will get therer.

kaza

jwilco....thankyou...i am going to try yoga, i know we will get there its just time i guess. What a wonderfull way to describe your thoughts, i will send a most beautiful float to you when i start my yoga. Clearing our minds for only a short time is so refreshing. sending a cyber hug to you xxxx