 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Amy,
It's ok not to feel "positive". I read a study that attitude made NO difference to survival outcome (prayer didn't make any difference in outcome either).
It does help those around you though - that's why so many tell you to "be positive" (they're the ones who need to think "positive").
You have my permission to be scared sh*tless - there were many times I was - even with the anti-anxiety meds. It's like going into combat - if anyone tells you they're not scared - they're lying.
Remember to breath in and out. Take it one day at a time and stay out of the future.
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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"You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
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