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Life can be not what we expected
I am physically working to the best of my ability. Some days aren't as easy as others especially breathing wise. Today was one of those days. I feel blessed on most days but on some it can really get to me. I'm actually writing this to let others who are passing from treatment into full fledged survivorship that there will be days like this but try to , as I have learned , keep your head up and remember it could have been a lot worse. I goback to one of my favorite lines " that the alternative to surviving cancer is not so good "!
I feel a lot better now about my day and I hope I've shared some of my life experience that could help somebody else on one of those days.
God bless, John
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Permalink Reply by GADawg/MOD on -
Good advice, John. As a caregiver and not a patient, it seems to me that everyone has different crosses to bear with cancer. I try to keep the perspective that there's always someone who has it worse then you, so count your blessings. When I was reading your post, I started thinking "my mom would love to still be working, John sounds like he's doing pretty well!" My mom is in a wheelchair, legally blind, and has dementia. But you know what? There's someone out there who has it tougher than she does. There's someone out there who has a feeding tube, at least my mom can still eat. There's someone out there going through all this alone, at least she has me and my dad, etc. Survivorship seems different for everyone. I always try to remember that my mom's worst day could be someone's else best day that they would love to have. Helps me keep things in perspective. Thanks, John, for reminding me to count my blessings as they are! Glad you're feeling better, too!
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Permalink Reply by John H MOD on -
Well we all have our own burdens we carry. I know that of which you speak. My mom was a manic depressive for years and she ended her life with dementia and a stroke, feeding tube and the list could go on but one thing she always had up until the last couple of months of her life was a sense of humor. She could usually find a little bit of comedy in all most any instance. As you say on my worse day or hers for that matter there was always someone worse off than us. I know there are days when you can just want to stop the world and get off but it will get better you just cant give in.
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Permalink Reply by Maribeth Wall on -
Good perspective John. I am glad to be surviving cancer 4 years later and looking forward to 30-40 more years of surviving, God willing. In fact when I went in for my latest scan results last week, I told my doctor who is a little younger than me, not much, that we will both retire and by that time my cancer will just be a glancing thought and not something to have to dwell on every few months! He thought that was a great plan!
You are right that some days are not easy but any day above the daisies can't be as bad as it feels!
Your experiences and surviving is an inspiration to all of us.
God Bless,
Maribeth
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