I've just been diagnosed with cancer.
Well, shortly after 9:30 CDT was when I found out. Got the biopsy results. Doctor didn't even charge me for the visit. Guess bad news is free. Awfully nice about it. Even looked pained to tell me.
Oral cancer.
I go to the oncologist/oral surgeon on May 1st. I'll know more then.
Not sure how I feel to be honest.
Lots of emotions running through me right now.
I feel normal and want to go about being normal.
Still..damn.
I have cancer.
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All my best vibes to you for a complete cure...
I am so very sorry to hear this.
you will be too
Hoping that this is caught soon and treatable.
Holding our best thoughts for effective remedies and treatments in the near future.
The first few weeks will be a bit crazy, what with appointments and treatment plans, etc - so PLEASE remember to take plenty of time for yourself to rest and process what they are telling you.
Please let us know how you are doing and if there is anything we can do to help. Happy to do research, especially if you are given multiple options. Just say the word.
You aren't alone.
I had a cancer policy with aflac through work. When I got my initial diagnosis, the world was spinning. I just wanted it all to be known, decided and over immediately. Dx was confirmed through a biopsy that I insisted had to happen immediately, and it cost me $10k because I was still in my waiting period on the policy - had I waited 3 (!!) days, it would have paid off and helped me offset a host of medical bills.
To their credit, they did refund all of my premiums. 
I wish I had taken the time to just be quiet and allow my brain to process all of the information coming in like a flood. It would have served me physically WAY more than financially - but it is damn hard. The brain just has a need to know and it will wear you out if you let it.
I wish for you a peaceful and restful evening as you work to process the information. Cancer is NOT a death sentence. You can beat this.
just know that you'll have support from the group.
Try and not read too much on the internet, but someone needs to stay informed ... if possible delegate some of that task.
Many hugs
while not becoming overwhelmed with everything you read. It is important to find some quiet corner to which you can escape during a difficult time, I think the mental state does play a role in one's general physical well being. Hopefully you'll find that quiet corner that will let you relax a bit.
The waiting is horrible ... spoken more from a caregiver point of view and less so from a survivor POV. My cancer was not nearly as serious as my husband's, but he was a much better patient and I think that helped him during some difficult times.
We'll all be sending you positive thoughts for May 1st and beyond, politics do take a back seat faced when faced with life changing news.
Be well!
unnecessarily. You need to know more before you can research intelligently. Above all, urge every one of your doctors, from the radiologist to the oncologist to the surgeon, to be completely honest and up front with you about what is most likely to happen. It is less frightening to just know it all from the get-go.
I also hated waiting; I wanted that THING out of me, immediately.
As a breast cancer survivor, I give you for the struggles and pain you will be going through. It is NOT necessarily a death sentence, nor does it always ruin life as you know it. Compassionate and truthful doctors are your best friends.
I'll know more on the 1st of May. I already have a list of questions to ask and I fully expect my doctors to be honest with me - and plan to tell them so.
I'm the type that wants to have it all laid out beforehand.
and to you!
Take lots of notes and be prepared to be swimming in information. Just write everything down (or better, have someone with you do that) so that you can process what they are saying after you have a chance for some quiet time.
Yay for lazy days. 
