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Not Feeling the Faith

First post and replies | Last post by momoftwo, 7 months ago

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I am not a religiously observant person, so I didn't lean into my faith and pray for healing. I was thinking more like, "What the F%^&!" I focused more on changing my lifestyle habits to heal myself. These were concrete things I could do, see and feel. I worked on improving my nutrition, getting enough sleep, de-stressing in more appropriate ways, and making exercise a priority.

By momoftwo 7 months ago

First post and replies | Last post by naan05, 7 months ago

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I was a pretty spiritual prior to my diagnosis, but I don't think I was strong or the my heart was completely in faith. I am now so much stronger spiritually, after my diagnosis and going through surgeries, chemo, and radiation. My faith got so much stronger. I honestly can say that my strong faith is what got me through this difficult time.

By naan05 7 months ago

Getting stronger

First post and replies | Last post by cleo, 8 months ago

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I consider myself a fairly spiritual person but not necessarily religious in the sense of organized religion, but I have gotten more receptive to religion since my diagnosis. Maybe it gave me the hope I was looking for, or maybe I could just see that things were working out all right for me and I felt like it was all part of a plan.

By cleo 8 months ago

First post and replies | Last post by momoftwo, 9 months ago

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I was very anxious and worried about recurrence. I remember when my surgeon passed me on to a Nurse Practitioner at Breast Cancer Survivorship at KU. I cried! My surgeon was my security blanket! I wasn't sure the next person would understand me or my situation. Would she be as knowledgeable as my surgeon? Well, my NP is AMAZING, and I pray she doesn't retire soon. Anxiety struck again when my NP told me I would only receive scans every other year. WHAT?!?!? That is too long a time to wait between scans! We discussed it, and I told her I'd pa...

By momoftwo 9 months ago

I was sad, but not for long!

First post and replies | Last post by janedoe7, 9 months ago

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I remember hearing that some patients feel sad when treatment finishes and thinking "No way!" But then I actually did get really sad at my last radiation treatment. I cried when I walked out, and I cried a few other times that day because it marked the end of being under the regular care of some really kind, caring people who were looking out for me. (It actually wasn't the end, because I ended up developing radiation fibrosis that sent me right back into physical therapy, but I didn't know that yet.) The feeling passed quickly. The following d...

By janedoe7 9 months ago

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