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How do you "thrive" with cancer? Let's share our tips and tricks!
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I have always tried to continue to focus on the positive things in life... such as my family.
I also put posters around my house... encouraging posters of things I wanted to still accomplish in my life, like go back to school, beat cancer, take another family vacations, etc... Seeing these encouraging statements each day made me focus on not giving up.
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Hello everyone,
How are you today? I thought I would revive this older, but helpful discussion!
Going through cancer treatment or caring for someone with cancer can be hard on the morale.
What do you do to stay positive on hard days? What helps motivate you to keep fighting? What helps you to "thrive"?
@Genorita @Mindysue62 @Vickie61 @Ecapo4152 @Ralral @RondyRamsey @13jody @Lemmon50 @bc1956 @mrdail @Bgraff @Robbo25 @Lulley90 @Vernadean @YellowRose @Helen54 @cheryoak @Bettyb58 @Roxycherrytop
Feel free to share and discuss here!
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Courtney
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I don't know how I feel about this. I know it's obviously important to try to stay positive and not get bogged down, but sometimes I feel like there's almost this pressure on cancer patients to always be positive and strong and to be a "warrior" and set a good example almost. Does anyone else feel like that or is it just me?
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Linda here. I just joined and I am having trouble figuring out how to do things on this site, so I don't have a profile or a picture yet and no clear indication that this remark is going to be in the right place, but I would like to respond to suzzie that I also do not like the warrior/fighter images about cancer. I always say I am in treatment for my metastatic breast cancer and that I am working hard to get the best care and treatments available to have mybest life while caring for my chronic condition.
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I enjoy traveling in my 30' Class C RV. Gets me out of the house and I get to change the scenery. Can't go too far as I get chemo shots every Thursday, so I have to travel around that day.
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@Millinda48 Hi Linda, not to worry, you commented in the right place! If you want to take someone in a comment you can use the @ symbol or click on the little blue arrow button at the top of the comment you'4d like to respond to.
@Michele720 Wow that's amazing! What a great way to take your mind off things! I always love going for a drive when I need to clear my head.
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I feel most times I am still living due to my daughter in my life. I also feel if it wasn't for that I wouldn't want to live. I am in constant anguish and very alone and my reason for looking for someone to talk to. Just to vent.
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@Cooqie33 I feel the same way at times. I had a plan. I have 3 kids. I want to be positive, but I’m angry!
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The thought you have any kind of cancer is enough to make you cry then scream! But you have to do what Drs suggest or get other opinion. Do your research!
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I completely understand as I don’t have anyone to talk to also. I’m a widow & I live alone. My oldest son died in 2021 & my youngest son & his family live 3 hours. My father is dead & my mother has chronic back pain & is immobile. My younger sister lives with our mother & she is going through a divorce from her husband who abandoned her. My sister doesn’t visit me, help me, call me & rarely texts me. I have various cousins, a niece & nephew that are spread out in nearby states but are hours away from me. After I told my friends I had cancer, they quit contacting me. I have learned how to be my own care giver. It has been very difficult. I’ll admit I’ve been depressed, cried a lot, felt sorry for myself but I never gave up. I prayed & read my Bible everyday. Then I found cancer groups online like this one where I could share what I was going through & got empathetic responses. That really kept me going. I hope you find someone to talk to but I highly recommend the online cancer chat groups.
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I completely understand as I don’t have anyone to talk to also. I’m a widow & I live alone. My oldest son died in 2021 & my youngest son & his family live 3 hours. My father is dead & my mother has chronic back pain & is immobile. My younger sister lives with our mother & she is going through a divorce from her husband who abandoned her. My sister doesn’t visit me, help me, call me & rarely texts me. I have various cousins, a niece & nephew that are spread out in nearby states but are hours away from me. After I told my friends I had cancer, they quit contacting me. I have learned how to be my own care giver. It has been very difficult. I’ll admit I’ve been depressed, cried a lot, felt sorry for myself but I never gave up. I prayed & read my Bible everyday. Then I found cancer groups online like this one where I could share what I was going through & got empathetic responses. That really kept me going. I hope you find someone to talk to but I highly recommend the online cancer chat groups.
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We just published an article from Anna Renault, a cancer survivor, about her experience defeating cancer 8 times (now battling her 9th) and how she thrives with cancer. You can read the article here and feel free to comment on the article about your opinions or what you felt after reading it. It is a very inspirational article.
Ms. Renault states the most important thing to thriving with cancer is having "a purpose in life that keeps her alive and determined to fight." She recommends to anyone battling with cancer to "Find your calling. Stay committed. Lean on your support system. Find joy where you can."
She also states that surviving / thriving with cancer to her means waking up each day, being able to get out of bed, do her daily acitivties, and being able to eat and drink without vomiting.
Let's start a discussion where you can talk about how you thrive with cancer.
Please tell us:
1) What type of cancer you are going to defeat (cancer you are currently diagnosed with);
2) How many times you have already defeated cancer (if this is not your first);
3) How you thrive with cancer;
4) What does surviving / thriving with cancer mean to you.