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diagnosis
If you are worried that you can have colon cancer, it can be difficult to wait for an answer. During the waiting you could feel:
Fear and stress
- More than 1 of 2 people feel fear of colonoscopy.
fear
- Fear of cancer is one of the reasons why people avoid examinations, even if these procedures can be useful to prevent this.
During the treatment
Submitting colon cancer treatment can lead to a variety of emotions, including:
fear
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It is normal to be afraid and worry about things like pain if you can continue to work and if you could die.
Anger and frustration
- Many people feel trouble and questions: “Why I?” While dealing with cancer. They could feel resentment and verbally attack healthy people, including their medical suppliers and relatives.
depression
- People with colon cancer have more often depression than people who have no illness.
Esperanza
- It is common to have hope that the treatment will work. It is okay not to have a positive attitude all the time, but if this is possible, it could be useful to improve your quality of life during treatment.
After treatment
The relief of survival of the treatment of colon cancer could be accompanied:
Low self -esteem
- It is normal to feel uncertainty about body changes after the treatment of colon cancer, especially if you have a bag outside your body, collects waste such as a colostomy or an ileostomy.
Soledad
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If you return to your normal routine, you can feel separate from other people. They may be disappointing how other people dealt with their illness, or they have the feeling that nobody really understands what they have experienced.
Worry and fear
- The relief that cancer has often defeated is accompanied by the concern that cancer reappears. For some people, this fear is a severe burden on their ability to enjoy their life.
Emotion and hope
- Many people have the feeling that they have received a “new opportunity to live” after they have successfully completed cancer treatment and felt emotions when they think of the future.
Healthy ways to face it
- Evogate. Regardless of whether you share it with a beloved trust, a self -help group or a consultant, it is important to express your feelings.
- Relax. Deep breathing and meditation in consciousness could be useful to reduce stress and fear.
- Move. If you train regularly (even if you stretch softly), I could improve your mood and calm your fear.
- Concentrate on what you can control. Take a participation in your medical help and choose how to spend your time if you cannot be treated that you cannot be useful to approach what you cannot control.
This educational resource was created with the support of Daiichi Sankyo.
