Just diagnosed 1 hour ago with very rare and aggressive cancer 26F...anyone else?
Hi. First post on a new account! I just received news not even a hour ago that I have stage 3 small cell ovarian cancer the hypercalcemic type. I am obviously very scared right now as the use words such as "some woman" when talking about remission. I really thought they would remove the mass, my right ovary, and tube and I would have maybe 2-4 rounds of chemo and all would be well..naive i guess. My doc kept saying how rare this cancer is and I am wondering if anyone else here has it or knows of someone who has it?
I feel so scared and feel like I immediately started to grieve my future even though that isn't how I want to live life. I have one million questions. How long will I live? Will I go into remission? etc, etc. I am wondering how everyone handles this news, how they handle the family questions, how they handle the treatments (shall I mention my OCD of being sick), how they handle work/sick balances, etc.
Thank you
EDIT: Don't google survival rate. How absolutely terrifying I feel like I am too young and just can't possibly wrap my head around this.