tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2318756985870843725.post2418580668258514335..comments2024-03-21T03:36:00.644-04:00Comments on Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog: BalancingCarolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14607559482363983911noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2318756985870843725.post-88788756532632654222011-08-04T01:50:58.697-04:002011-08-04T01:50:58.697-04:00Hi Caroline
First of all, thanks for your blog.
...Hi Caroline<br /><br />First of all, thanks for your blog.<br /><br />Cancer is endemic in my family: http://www.cancerconnections.com.au/blog/here-i-am-and-my-family<br /><br />It's sometimes the monster in the room that we can't see but can certainly feel the presence of.<br /><br />I am not symptomatic yet, although I do expect a serious diagnosis will come my way in the last half of my life. How one deals with it at the time can't be scripted. How you try to live your life before and after the event can, I think be prepared for.<br /><br />Without bordering on hyperchondriasis, I try to live a preventative life each day. <br /><br />The only time I've been diagnosed with a vaguely serious cancer (an SCC on my neck), because of the strong history of cancer in my family, when walking away from my dermo's clinic I felt like I was about to embark on an eventually terminal career in cancer treatment.<br /><br />It didn't turn out the way, but even though I will always expect the worse, I have to live my life to the fullest in the meantime, and after the fact, as well.<br /><br />To use an Australian colloquialism, cancer really can be a 'bugger', if you fear it, that is: http://the3rdquarter.com/2011/06/14/cancer-is-really-a-bugger/<br /><br /><br />All the best<br /><br /><br />RichardRichard Monfrieshttp://the3rdquarter.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2318756985870843725.post-15467305775181462402011-07-28T11:40:19.170-04:002011-07-28T11:40:19.170-04:00Thank you for informative post guys...Thank you for informative post guys...Malignant cancerhttp://www.cancers-center.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com