“No Evidence of cancer currently”
Straight from my oncologist on Tuesday afternoon. I’ve had a “full and complete response to the immunotherapy”
I’m so grateful for medical science and for the whole medical team that has supported me at various stages.
Friends and family are rightly really pleased for me, and the whole family.
So why don’t I feel as happy?
Probably because while I’m no longer in pain, or in imminent danger of death, my life has been turned upside down. I still have chronic fatigue caused by the immunotherapy and breathlessness caused by asthma.
These two are severely limiting in my day to day life still. And this gets me down when I cannot do something I feel I should be able to.
Eg: Playing which the dogs in the garden and then struggling to walk up the stairs. simple things.
People just think cancer has gone now so why not move on and stop playing “The C Card’, and I understand that, but I’m going to be facing the knock on effects for a long time to come.
My treatment is continuing for the next 12 months every 4 weeks with a CT scan every 12 weeks. So I’ve got to deal with the fatigue for a while.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m managing the fatigue a lot better, I can work almost a full day and hope to get to a full day soon. And it will continue to improve as my fitness levels (very) slowly rise.
For now, I’m extremely grateful to still be here but I still have a mountain to climb.
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