Facing Cancer Treatment: Scared and Feeling Alone

I will be traveling to Seattle Saturday to start my treatment I'm very scared my two sisters treated me like I was just crying wolf I felt very attacked by both of them I feel so alone

Yes I can relate with you alot. I will keep you in my prayers also I am here if you wanna chat or need to vent.

Thank you 😊

Your very welcome 🙏 🤗

You ladies are NOT alone in this journey! I think you'll find great support, concern and genuine community from the many, MANY professionals that will be walking with you. Navigators, schedulers, NPs, PAs, surgeons, oncologists, lab and scan techs, etc. They are truly companions in health and want only the best for us. There are currently 17 million thriving cancer survivors in the US! 22 million survivors are expected by 2030 so be encouraged! Seek out other survivors. Stay active physically and mentally and flush the "nay sayers" until and unless they can be supportive. We can do this!!

Hello! Betty I just came through 9 months of chemo for colon cancer each day will be different you will feel different and you will get to a point where you lose your taste buds the one thing that you can't do is stop eating continue to keep in the house things that you enjoy eating minus sugar because cancer cells love sugar and stay positive at all costs talk to God and pace yourself if you have loved ones that wants to come and see you limit your visits and sanitize your house every day because the chemo will secrete through the pores of your skin into everything that you sit on I found that out late in my treatments but again everyone treatment with chemo is different so ask those tough questions of your oncologist and ask him about the effects it will have on your hands and your feet cuz I did good for 7 months and then my hands and my feet both blew out my feet my toenails split open and fell off and my hands the skin attached to the fingernails and it was impossible to cut them and then they started splitting open and while you're on chemo nothing heals

Please don't be afraid. I have per the doctor, not GOD stage 4 liver cancer. They found a tumor. For me now, chemo treatments are my best. I am on my 5th treatment. I see progress.

It is not uncommon to become a introvert dealing with what you're going through I found that this site was a breath of fresh air communicating with people that was going through the same thing I was dealing with

Starting treatment can feel overwhelming, especially when adjusting to a new living situation at the same time. It's completely natural to feel scared before beginning this journey, and many people in this community have walked a similar path. Since loneliness is part of what you're experiencing, consider scrolling down from the Home Screen of the app to find the Ask Outcomes4Me box to get in touch for a more personal conversation with clinical care experts, and remember that the 988 hotline is available if you need additional support.