SUM1inWI wrote:
>
> 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
>
Dear Tricia,
You have said so astutely and diplomatically what I have been trying to
say about these two brilliant personalities, one a great oncologist,
Bernie Siegel and the other my good friend, Greg Anderson whom I am a
director or a cancer support group called "Cancer Conquerors" in which
also was the name of Greg Andersons first book. You have explained so
beautifully the essentials of these two books in a couple of paragraphs
that I fail to say because of my gruff enthusiasm for positive energy to
believe in quality life and living as long as there is HOPE. \
Thank you for putting it so intellectually and intelligently.
God Bless You
Marty Auslander
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