***HOW/WHEN do you get over the nervousness of seeing your oncologist???***

[margaret]

Thanks for starting this thread. I do a blood test tomorrow and then see my onc on Friday. I am very very grateful! I have a teeny tiny bit of fear but mostly it is just a formality. The fear subsides with time. I only go once a year now and I really live my life looking forward. I feel great and I'm living life to the fullest.
Margaret stage 3b in 2001 now feel cured!

[saleboat]

Hi Rhonda,

I have no idea if it ever goes away, I'm just not there yet. But I try to concentrate on the facts that I do know-- I look at the Herceptin studies, and I scroll through this site and others for long term survivors-- (THANK YOU RUTH!!!). It gives me confidence that this is behind me. I like my Onc and the staff, and I try to use it as an opportunity to show them how well I'm doing, despite all the horrible things they did to me!!! I'm also taking a course on meditation this weekend-- (does the recovery process ever end?) to try and give me a tool to deal with the anxiety that sometimes visits.

Good luck Rhonda. This stuff just isn't easy, is it?

Jen

[Jean]

Dear Rhonda,
the worst is over and behind you, you have already lived through the hard times
and you had the stamina to overcome it all.

Just remember your positive outlook that you always bring to the site (you
certainly pulled me up many a time dear friend)...

I have learned that this disease is a true monster - from the moment we hear the dx and all through the treatment, and if that is not enough it haunts us daily
with the threat of return. Now that you have completed treatment enjoy your
beautiful son and treasure each day. We see life differently now and lucky us
we understand and know what is truly important.

Hugs,
Jean