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Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 1,275 Likes: 8 | Hi Mark,
To help with your anxiety, you might want to bring in a CD of your favorite music and get the radiation technicians to play it for you. Do you meditate? Even if you don't, you can try concentrating your mind by breathing in naturally and counting "one," and then breathing out and counting "two." It helps the body to relax. Sure, your mind will wander but it is okay. I use this technique when my mind is too busy and I can't fall asleep. You can do this during radiation too.
Gloria
She stood in the storm, and when the wind did not blow her way, she adjusted her sails... Elizabeth Edwards
Wife to John,dx 10/2012, BOT, HPV+, T3N2MO, RAD 70 gy,Cisplatinx2 , PEG in Dec 6, 2012, dx dvt in both legs after second chemo session, Apr 03/13 NED, July 2013 met to lungs, Phase 1 immunotherapy trial Jan 18/14 to July/14. Taxol/carboplatin July/14. Esophagus re-opened Oct 14. PEG out April 8, 2015. Phase 2 trial of Selinexor April to July 2015. At peace Jan 15, 2016.
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