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A Message To Cancer Patients: Enjoy Life by Richard & Annette Bloch
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Submitted By: Richard Bloch
It is a terrible shock to anyone to be diagnosed with cancer. Most people
cannot comprehend what the physician is saying, but the underlying tone is
that this may mean the end of your life. Or at the very least, it will mean
the end of your life as you had known it. We're here to tell you that it
doesn't have to!
When the initial shock wears off, you have choices. You can cease living. You
can curl up in your shell, feel sorry for yourself and those around you and
vegetate until you die. OR you can go on living. You can be grateful for your
life today. You can be thankful for those around you. You can enjoy life
today and make it count. You can be optimistic and hopeful and make the most
of every minute.
After all, over 50% of all serious cancers are cured and many more go into
remission. If you try, why can't you be one of those lucky ones. It is for
sure that if you don't try, you won't be. But if you try, you might. And the
positive feedback from trying can improve your mental attitude which can do
nothing but help your physical being and possibly extend the length of your
life.
Two facts are known for certain: there is no type of cancer for which there
are no treatments and there is no type of cancer from which some have not
been cured. If a physician tells you nothing can be done or you will die from
it in a certain amount of time, get a second opinion. As long as doctors are
human beings, cancer patients need a second opinion.
Dr. George D. Lundberg, editor of the Journal of the American Medical As
sociation for nearly 20 years, stated in a recent interview, "Business
has taken over medicine, that professional standards have eroded and that
once trusting relationship between doctor and patient has collapsed." He goes
on to state, "The way people live with their cancer can greatly affect their
quality of life and, in some instances, the length of their life. And the
relationship of caring goes a long way toward influencing people to live with
their disease well. There's no doubt that how a person thinks and behaves has
a lot to do with physical illness in one way or another."
In a wonderful article written by Tad Szulc, a free lance writer, some 8
months after he was diagnosed with a terminal, incurable cancer (and still
feeling great), he suggests looking on the bright side of such a diagnosis.
He lives every day doing what he normally does and not focusing on the cancer
other than what must be done. He spent quite a bit of time putting family
things in order, a fact he is grateful for because stroke or accident victims
do not have this luxury. His advice is to develop a good disposition, don't
feel sorry for yourself, lead as normal life as possible, keep in touch with
your oncologist, if religious, put your faith in prayer, and above all, be
positive and optimistic.
Three quotes in closing: When something bad happens, you decide whether to be
better or bitter.
The past does not matter. This is then and now is now.
Live in the past and your life will be tearful. Live in the future and your
life will be fearful. Live in the moment.
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