Keeping it in perspective

[sal1]

I’ve not been on here for a while, I found it’s helped me move on for the most part, with a few exceptions of course.

But today, I received sad news of a lady who passed away from stage 4 breast cancer and was diagnosed 2 years ago, just a few weeks before me. Ive never met her, she was a friends aunt, and between us we would relay messages (much like this forum). She suffered terribly with the long term side effects of chemo, and the ever progressing cancer. After the initial upset from receiving the news, there was a sense of relief that she is now at peace.

I sit here now and reflect, how fortunate I am that my cancer was not as severe as hers. Yes I suffer some side effects, tiredness and achy joints. I often worry about recurrence and almost paranoid about checking for new lumps. But I am here and doing well, and by comparison have nothing to complain about.

[jenniferguess]

So sorry about your friend’s aunt. It a horrible reminder, as if anyone needed one, how terrible this disease can be.

[JoanneN]

It’s very strange isn’t it when you hear that someone a friend of a friend or something has passed away from cancer . My partner told me that his friends’ wife had who was much younger than me had only a few weeks after diagnosis - I had never met her . I remember feeling a loss nevertheless and crying . It really does put everything in perspective and remind us that we are lucky to be here . Xx