Just back from Wales

I guess you ARE exhausted. You HAVE cancer? Are they not treating it, then?

Higs, Katherine

I've had surgery and drugs but I've learned never to think I'm cancer-free, I've learned enough about it to know that you can never say you're cured of cancer until you die of something else :-)

As far as I'm concerned I have cancer, so does my husband although his surgery was much more recent - last September.

It's not a big deal, there are worse things but I certainly support research because I've benefited from it and so has Spouse. That's why we're both taking part in research programmes.

:-)

Mary

Ah, I see. I consider my daughter cancer-free, even though she had it at one time. A dr once told me - and he was not joking - that, if you live long enough, you will get cancer. He added that, fortunately, most of us don't.

Higs, Katherine

He's right.

None of us knows if we'll get cancer. Or have a heart attack. Those of us who have cancer, even though we might consider ourselves free, might well have a recurrence. I don't worry about it, something's got to get me. And I drive a car, which is risky. And I drink too much alcohol. And I'm overweight.

Have I told you about my brain tumour?

Mary

I fall into those danger categories, too. However, after seeing what my daughter went through when she had a brain tumour, I really don't want that one. She has said, many times, that if it came back, she would refuse treatment. I, alas, am programmed for a stroke.

Higs, Katherine

Hi Katherine,

I've had a brain tumour to and like your daughter I would never go through the treatment etc again :o( Love my kids and husband with all my heart but really couldn't go through that again.

I was very lucky with mine, surgery removed it and everything was back to normal immediately. Some of the symptoms I miss ...

Mary

Hi, Jules, Yes, I guess that the treatment was pretty horrid. Thank God, in Vanessa's case, there has been no recurrance.

Higs, Kather> Hi Katherine,

YOu were, indeed, lucky! Vanessa had nine weeks of radiation, and all kinds of horrid side effects after the surgery. Now things are fine, but the memory is always lurking there.

Higs, Katherine