Despite the fact that the ThyCa meeting lasted longer than usual, I'm glad I stuck around until it ended. We had four more people attend this evening. One or two had not been to a meeting in a while, and the rest were new to the group. I liked the small meetings, but it is always nice to hear more/different questions from different people. Of course the best part about these meetings is just being about to talk to other people that are going through the same things as myself.
One lady was just diagnosed a few weeks ago. She also found out this month that she has fertility problems, so she isn't planning on having RAI so they can work on starting a family. Wow. That is a lot to have to deal with in a month. She has appts with a few different surgeons, so I hope she finds one that she is comfortable with. We gave her a lot of info and told her about some good experiences and some not so good experiences that members have had with the surgery. Not to scare her, but it's just good info to have. I hope everything works out for her and she doesn't need to have RAI. It is nice that some people don't need to have it, but it was recommended for me due to the fact that I have HCC, yes, despite the fact that HCC doesn't necessarily get killed off by RAI. I still wonder about the wisdom of it, but am very happy that my WBS came back clean.
Interesting: When I walked in, I learned that our facilitator had to quit. I didn't get all the details, but I was really bummed about that - who would take over for her? Mary and Walt were trying to pass the responsibility to each other, and then to me. I declined it since I'd be coming from downtown and may have problems getting there on time. But after the meeting I started to rethink my decision. I'm not even sure what the duties of the group facilitator is, but it may not be such a bad thing for me to take on. I'm just a little worried about what my work load will be since all my projects have been put on hold since May. But, I do need to take time out for myself (and my cancer), and I do want to get more involved and knowledgeable about my disease, so perhaps this could be a good thing for me if I take on the responsibility as group facilitator.I'll see what they say at the meeting next month.
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