You have been living your life like you always been. You go to work, school. You pay your bills, take care of your family, and is always on the move with getting things done. Life for you was simple as you made plans of what to do next and setting goals for 1, 2, 5, 10 years from now. Never in a million years you saw yourself making frequent trips to the doctor, oncologist, surgeon, etc. Usually you take care of yourself by eating right and incorporating exercise into your daily routine. Not too long ago, perhaps 30 years ago you seldomly hear of young people dying from cancer, especially if they were not genetically predisposed to it.

But one day you woke up feeling your worst not knowing why, so you make an appointment. Your doctor does not like what he sees so he sends you for a biopsy and refers you to an oncologist. Now your worst fears have come true; they diagnose you with cancer. When you heard this diagnosis you probably passed out, you probably cried, you became speechless, or you probably felt like you couldn’t breathe. Did you hear right? Is this a terrible joke? Is the doctor sure?

 

Once you got back home after such a news for a quick minute you wondered how you got home; you do not remember anything about the ride home because everything is now hazy. Cancer, how can I have cancer you begun to think. What did I do or not do to deserve this? The stress of being sick, being diagnosed with cancer places you into immediate depression, despair, hopelessness, and fear. After hearing the news, you begin to feel worse, you are now more lethargic, your body is hurting more than it ever did. Breaking the news to your family was very hard, but now you need support to get through this. You begin going to your doctor as scheduled for ongoing treatment and possible surgery. Yes, you are doing all you can to survive this disease, but emotionally and mentally you are drained and cannot seem to shake your depression and hopelessness. Here are five things you can incorporate in your life to start feeling better:
1. Eat right and exercise
2. Do more of the things you love doing
3. Incorporate relaxation techniques and exercises such as yoga
4. Focus on your spirituality
5. See a counselor

 

A counselor will help you to:
(a) Face your fears
(b) Learn healthy coping skills
(c) Manage your thoughts by doing away with the negative and developing positive ones
(d) Manage the stress of being diagnosed with cancer
(e) Re-write your story- make the best use of your life; live for today and not for tomorrow.

Once you learn how to cope with having cancer taking care of yourself becomes much easier. Coping with being sick will make you feel better and have you feeling more enthused about beating cancer or at least being okay with living with it. Like it is always said “the mind is a powerful thing.” So, if you learn how to cope and control your thoughts, you will continue to live your life and find a new purpose.

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