Scanxiety is defined as “the stress and anxiety that cancer patients feel when waiting for scans and the results of those scans.” I joke about the slang with my cancer community but at the end of the day, when I’m laying in bed and counting down the days until I have to go in for …
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RAI Results
About three hours after my scan, a “new test result” notification popped up on my phone. I expected to see CANCER FREE!!!!!! I expected my doctor to call me celebrating the great news that I had no cancer in me! In hindsight, I see I overlooked a lot of educational material that would have shown …
The "Good" Cancer 