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cookiegal
cookiegal Member Posts: 3,296
edited June 2014 in Life After Breast Cancer

So out of the BLUE, my husband got a call this morning. He has an interview for his lifelong dream job on Thursday.

(Part of me feels like something bad will then happen to me just to keep things balanced.)

After cancer, any sort of unexpected news shakes me up. 

Anyone else feel the same way?

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  • barsco1963
    barsco1963 Member Posts: 2,119
    edited December 2011

    Congrats to your husband on landing an interview for a dream job! What type of work does it involve?

    I find it is best to just focus on the good news - don't worry about what hasn't happened. Soak up the positive! I know that living with cancer tends to make us a bit hesitant to believe that good things can happen also. But it's true.

    I hope that everything goes well with the interview and you both have reason to celebrate!

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  • cookiegal
    cookiegal Member Posts: 3,296
    edited December 2011

    ooh...he would kill me if I said on here. It's a competitve industry, and this is a HUGE surprise, we are still in shock. Thanks for the good words. It's just that any kind of shock feels like a shock and even two years out shocks remind me of cancer.

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  • Claire_in_Seattle
    Claire_in_Seattle Member Posts: 4,570
    edited December 2011

    Wishing him the best of luck, Cookiegal!!!  My former business partner just landed her dream job.  Funny thing is that she didn't quite realize this at the time.

    Wishing both of you the most amazing good news, and yes, I will celebrate. - Claire

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  • cookiegal
    cookiegal Member Posts: 3,296
    edited December 2011

    prayers by anyone at 1:30 EST Thursday would be great.

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  • barsco1963
    barsco1963 Member Posts: 2,119
    edited December 2011

    Absolutely - best of luck!

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  • changes
    changes Member Posts: 622
    edited December 2011

    Cookiegal,

    I was glad to see your posting, because I've been feeling the same way and it's nice to know I'm not the only one. I had my 18-month scans today and they came back fine. Lately, I've been starting to feel hopeful - like this nightmare might really be over. But I'm almost afraid to think that for fear I'm just ASKING the universe to do something terrible to me. I know it's irrational, but I feel like if I relax my vigilance, that something terrible will happen. Not logical, I know. Ah, well...

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  • beacon800
    beacon800 Member Posts: 922
    edited December 2011

    Congrats to your husband. Don't worry about a bad thing happening next. From a mathmatical point of view, there is a very good likelihood that another good thing will come next!

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  • cookiegal
    cookiegal Member Posts: 3,296
    edited December 2011

    changes, that is just how I feel!!!!!

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