I was in your shoes a week before Christmas. Just turned 37 fit and healthy and married with 3 little ones under 6 then bam hit by the truck that was stage 2a melanoma. I had a few weeks of no sleep and little or no food. It was hell on earth wondering would this miserable Christmas be my last and would I live to see my children old enough to remember me. I just managed to pick myself up when I got the news it was present in the lymph node they had removed and once again I spiralled into a dark dark place. Since then I have been lucky enough to have a clear ct and pet scan and I am starting treatment tomorrow to reduce reoccurrence. Sometimes I think it has all been a blessing. I feel so so grateful every morning I dress and feed my children. I am far more patient with them and I really have a new appreciation for the simple things in life. It has brought my husband and I so much closer together. We have been through too much to fight over silly things anymore. I really know he has my back. Life is short and it is to be enjoyed. This is the lesson that I have learned. You will come to a stage that you will stop obsessing over it and it won’t occupy your thoughts quite as much. I am also finding exercise very helpful
