| Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | sharlee,
We all deal with these things differently to hopfully achieve the same results. I wrote a letter to all my clients. I cried writing it and my Office Mgr cried when she typed it. After that I found it easier to talk to everyone.
Once people found out I found that all the petty stuff went away on it's own but I didn't have kids to deal with. Even my employees laid off their normal stunts. I did have and still do have 8 cats and even they seemed to sense something and appeared to give me a break from their normal mischief for a while that is. Their back in full force now and so are the employees.
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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