Thursday, 9 November 2017
Letting go of 'The Fear'
So the last couple of days have been interesting. I have defined this secondary breast cancer journey, like most people in my position as a roller coaster for want of a better analogy (as I think that one is possibly over used). Sometimes I feel like I am on the verge of death, not as in my symptoms but in my state of mind, the not knowing when or how it will happen but knowing that it will be sooner rather than later, perhaps it is a gift to be embraced, the 'knowing' bit, the 'knowing' can alternate between extreme fearlessness and excitement about the fact my subconscious is letting me pursue my every whim and desire, without any restrictive containment of 'lots of time', and extreme despair of how I cannot control the progression of the cancer or the ability to stay on this planet for my daughter to watch her grow up and all that, that entails. When I visit my oncologist like I did the other day, she manages to inject me with some much needed fearlessness and hope again, it hasn't gone to my bones, although my joints look abit inflammed and some little thing on my jaw but they are sure it is nothing, I avoid letting myself create images of some a jaw cancer ravaging my face. She also confirmed that there are some other treatments in the arsenal and that on the vast spectrum of death by secondary breast cancer, I am still teetering at the early stages of that spectrum, but I know this can change on a sixpence as it were. This injects me with the permission I need to get 'experiencing' and reconnecting with people again with what appears to be no boundaries. I am not even afraid to approach celebrities to try and raise the awareness of secondary breast cancer, to try and fund some much needed research as breast cancer funds get lost and only a tiny percent. I think even 7% of funds go to secondary breast cancer...this is quite simply not good enough, it is the final curtain in the breast cancer world and yet it gets the least funding? It is hard not to dwell on the big pharma conspiracy theory as nothing else seems to explain why the funding and the research is not resulting in any 'cures' just 'treatments....that prolong your life....but you will need these chemical treatments to live'.....I also find myself wanting to get back to nature as much as I can as if it has some kind of answer for me, like I am reconnecting with some kind of life force in preparation for what lies ahead , or to try and live as hard as possible. I have booked myself into a fire yule ceremony on the 23rd of December, with lots of other earth seekers. I am looking forward to it.....some real earth connection stuff maaaan.
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