Fed up of waiting for surgery day

Eigna

Hey I am so tired emotionally about waiting for surgery day to arrive. I don’t know if I can make it through. October 10th seems so far away. Could the cancer cells bemoving to my lymph nodes?? The wait is just way to long !

WC3

Eigna:

I know waiting is difficult! I had the same fear. In my case I would have had to wait regardless of appointment availability because I was recovering from chemotherapy but I would like to see a system whereby for those who don't need chemotherapy or who will be having it after surgery, they can cut the cancer out the week the biopsy report comes in.

HopeWins

eigna - the waiting is hard! With every milestone I feel like we just impatiently wait for the next and the wait for surgery is almost worse than the wait for pathology results. That being said, I think the best ammunition against the wait/worry is mental distraction. It's difficult, I know, but I found that making a list of things I wanted to get done and things to do each day really helped.

Take a walk while listening to music you like, clean out a closet, order xmas cards, paint a room, gather Thank You notes and put return address labels on, etc. I even planned a bathroom renovation we cant yet afford, lol. But I have the tile picked out and the estimate all figured out, with pics and notes in my tablet when we're ready!

What stimulates your mind? Could be reading, knitting, gardening, exercising. Even if I'm sad and overwhelmed, I found that forcing myself to do something on my list made me feel a little better.

LMS458412

Waiting is so very hard. When I was waiting, I tried to stay busy. I also tried to do everything in my power to get my body into better shape to fight the cancer. I exercised, I ate healthy, and got lots of sleep (thank you Ativan, 'cause it was hard to sleep without some help). I lost 7 pounds and my house was nice and clean! I started doing meditation. I also would close my eyes and picture my immune system killing the cancer cells. It all made me feel like I was doing SOMETHING to stop the spread. You WILL get through this.