Hey everyone. New here. Got the call today, Stage 3C rectal cancer. Feels like the floor dropped out from under me. Plan is apparently neoadjuvant chemo/radiation, then surgery, then more chemo. Starts in 3 weeks. Honestly just numb and terrified. Don’t even know what questions to ask yet. How did you cope initially?
Thanks Elizabeth. Hearing you had a similar starting plan helps normalize it a tiny bit. “Be kind to yourself” - easier said than done right now, but I appreciate it.