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Posted 5/19/2013 7:51 PM (GMT 0)
Good Afternoon Friends,

Having anxiety and depression for 31 years has caused many issues in my life but mixing my dx of Colon Cancer into this combo nearly does me in on bad days.

But I am a fighter and I will not give in to Cancer and I will practice all the skills I have learned to stomp down my anxiety.  The emotional and physiological reactions I  experience  confronting cancer  frequently  goes beyond my coping resources.

Diagnosed:  8/10/2012

Surgery: 8/16/2012 - Stage 3C Colon Cancer

CT SCAN in January 2013 clear.

Chemotherapy 6 months- completed on 2/25/2012

Finally I was free to be me....... yeah yeah yeah yeah

April 24, 2013 - CEA ( tumor marker) Lab result jumped to 6 times the normal test from the previous 3 month lab draw.

CT Scan and PET Scan Done = recurrence of cancer.

Next stop is 6 more months of chemo.  I cried but I know no matter how anxious I let myself get, this is not going away so I practice mindfulness and deep breathing.

Remember, there is nothing you cannot do if you have to.  There ain't no mountain high enough, Ain't no valley low enough, Ain't no river wide enough to stop me from warrioring on.

Love and blessings to each of you,

 

Kitt

Posted 5/19/2013 8:38 PM (GMT 0)
You're a fighter and my prayers are with you!
Posted 5/19/2013 10:26 PM (GMT 0)
You are very brave and such an inspiration to us all. I pray that you are able to beat the cancer.
Posted 5/20/2013 12:26 AM (GMT 0)
We appreciate everything you do for us here at this site!! That even with all you have on your mind you continue to help each of us through our issues! I hope in some way we can all return the favor, I can't even begin to try to understand what you are going through. So many of the "issues" I think I have that contribute to my anxiety are nothing compared to the battle you fight everyday! Your strength is unbelievable, and there is no doubt in my mind that you can over come this! You are certainly a fighter, and to me, you are bulletproof like the song titanium! No matter what life has thrown at you, you fight on, I hope that some day I have half the strength you do! Please let us all know if there is anything we can do to help ease your anxiety. No one, unless they are in the same situation as you, can fully understand, but the least we can do is make sure you realize we see, admire, and are impressed by your strength, and are here to help be your strength on the days you feel that you just need a break from being strong!! Prayers are with you!
Posted 5/20/2013 3:01 AM (GMT 0)
Your like some sci-fi Amazon Warrior, except your Real.

"Always in my Prayers"!

Larry ***
Posted 5/20/2013 3:42 PM (GMT 0)
Kitt,

You are a blessing to all that know you...you always have been.

You are also a person of inspiration that others can look to as they face their own battles in life.

When faced with adversity and trial by fire...some burn up, some become hardened and brittle...but those like you are refined and become as beautiful and precious as the purest gold.

Thank you for your willingness to continue to fight.  It is not an easy effort, but you know that you family and frieds need you.

Love, love , love! XOXOXOXOXO

S.C.

 

Posted 5/21/2013 5:25 AM (GMT 0)
Good night special girl!

Larry ***
Posted 5/21/2013 11:54 AM (GMT 0)
Hey Kitt,

Keeping you in my prayers and thoughts. You're an inspiration to all of us here. Continue to stay strong.

Take Care

UA
Posted 5/21/2013 6:59 PM (GMT 0)
Good Afternoon to All,

Just reading the messages of support helps me more than you can know. 

I spoke with one of the staff from the Colon Cancer Alliance just a few minutes ago and together we worked out what will be a good plan for me as he validated my feelings and thoughts.  He also reminded me that I am the General in my new battle against this new metastatic cancer and all of the awesome people in the medical community are my Lieutenants.  I make the final decisions after much coaching and brain-storming with my team.  

Coming here and helping others is a part of who I am and I suspect many of you know I am a nurse, an ER nurse retired.  Here in the forum I am your peer and your friend but for myself, I often have to separate the nurse from my new role as the patient. 

I would ask for prayers and good wishes from all of you here as I accept this new challenge.

Blessings,

Kitt 

Posted 5/22/2013 1:26 AM (GMT 0)
As the song says "You are always on my mind", also in my Prayers.

I want to thank you for putting up with me here on HW, I am an eccentric old man who often spouts off
things that probably one day will get me committed, but You SC, and Hibee tolerate me as well as the other
members of HW. I only have one thing to say in my defence, I Love Everyone and always say whats in
my Heart!

Larry ***
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