Cancer

How do you handle the waiting?

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Waiting. Playing the waiting game. Limbo. Not knowing what comes next. But knowing that whatever it is, it’s going to be hard. People handle waiting in very different ways. For some the not knowing means focusing on the worst case scenario. It means thinking over, and over and over: “________ just can’t happen.” “I can’t … Read more

It is true. Nothing. Prepares you for hearing the words.

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It is true. Nothing. Prepares you for hearing the words. “It is Cancer.” Even after 2 diagnoses that just didn’t make sense, and wondering silently, could it be…? Still, nothing prepares you. If you’ve been through it, then you know. My loved one has recently learned of a diagnosis of liver cancer. Third most common … Read more