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08-06-2008, 07:00 PM
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Posts: 86
Hysterectomy: December 18th, 2007
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new to all this....
There's not only a post op forum but a cancer one where I found a lot of support and answers...I bounce(d) back and forth between them. I had been told there was no way I had cancer by my gynecologist as she did a biopsy...then found out I had invasive cervical cancer, met my gyn/onc, and had surgery one week later. All at 28. This was 8 months ago and believe me, the ups and downs are always there. Some days are better than others. When I wait for pap results or ct scan results, I'm a wreck still. I know I'm lucky and blessed, believe me. BUT I did talk to my dr. and he said it was kind of akin to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: now you're truly digesting what you just went through. You're in survival mode, on adrenaline, etc. and then you finally breathe and start to think and are like, "oh my gosh...." Acknowledge what you're feeling, thinking, what you went through. All yourself your feelings. Because if you push them back, they resurface in other ways. You're stronger for all of this...I really do believe that.
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