Thanks so much, Tricia...this is exactly how I look at it. I see no reason
why I can't be in the survivor group in 5 years, 10 years, etc..but I am
also trying to be realistic and balanced. I will get and read these books...
Torie
At 12:59 PM 12/14/97 EST, you 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
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