Tricia...
I read your message to Torie and the fact that you were going to try to
answer me as well. God Bless you Tricia and thank you for the information.
I am getting over the greiving and building up emotionally and know that
these books will help.
Thank you again.... Carla
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> From: SUM1inWI <SUM1inWI@aol.com>
> To: mol-cancer@lists.meds.com
> Subject: Re: [MOL] adenocarcinoma T2N1MO
> Date: Sunday, December 14, 1997 12:59 PM
>
> Torie,
> I also have NSCLC, but inoperable, unradiable stage IV. I just had my 1
yr.
> survivor anniversary last week. I'll try to answer Carla too when I get
a
> chance. You said you were going to look for books. I'd like to
recommend the
> very well-known Bernie Siegel's "Love, Medicine and Miracles", of course.
> Also "50 Essential Things To Do When The Doctor Says It's Cancer" by Greg
> Anderson, a long-term lung cancer survivor. Both books discuss the
similar
> personalities or principles that cancer survivors have in common.
>
> One belief I found particularly true from "50 Essential Things" is:
> "The most basic belief is that cancer does not equate with death. ...Yet
the
> majority of survivors are not "be positive-against-all evidence" sort of
> people. ...That's denial.
> Instead, survivors recognize the truth - that their cancer may or may not
mean
> death. ...Survivors believe, "Yes, I may die. But I also may live. And
I am
> going to invest my time, whatever its length, in living the best way I
know
> how." Even those with the worst prognosis choose this belief first. ...
They
> believe their personal involvement is absolutely essential to the
recovery
> process. Survivors believe wellness is not accident, that it takes
work... For
> the moment, getting well takes precedence over everything."
> You sound like you're well on the way to the right attitude.
> God bless,
> Tricia
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