Acceptance

It took some time for me to accept my diagnosis. At first, I was inundated with having to go through a number of procedures which for me, with a life-long anxiety of having any kind of medical procedure, was very difficult to plow through. My oncologist informed me that my tumor was likely cancerous; it was necessary to determine this before any treatment could begin. These steps included another CT scan of my chest, to determine any kind of metastasis, followed by an endoscopic procedure. This was very carefully done; when I awoke and was told my tumor was cancerous, it did not surprise me. I then had a port inserted. In thinking back to that time, the reality of my situation really sunk in. I believe this was an important and necessary step for me. I still felt a loss of control but now fully understood my treatment pathway was undeniably ahead of me.

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