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I have Stage IV for a little over a year now and just got to the point where I’m sick of every conversation (with some people in my life) being about cancer. A few weeks ago, I just hit a wall where I had to sit down and tell those people to please treat me like their daughter, sister, friend, and not just a cancer patient. Please just go about your life; let me live mine. You don’t have to remind me every chance you get that I have cancer. Believe me, I haven’t forgotten.

That’s a super cool treatment!

I find the hardest part is the first parts. Not only are you and everyone else trying to take everything in, but you’re also undergoing this massive treatment that makes your body go, “WTF are you doing to me?!” Maintenance treatments and time+experience are easier as you move through the process.
And it is all-consuming, you’re right! It’s OK that you want to check up on your loved ones and make sure they’re doing OK, have what they need, etc. Just don’t forget that they’re still a person. Maybe make a phone call or planned visit where YOU plan on not bringing it up at all and really try to stick to that. If they want to talk about it, they will, but from experience, I would say I really, really appreciate those conversations that don’t revolve around cancer.

Have you studied the link between the guy’s microbiome and Alzheimer’s disease/dementia? If so, can you speak to it?