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1 cm lung cancer tumor with COPD & emphysema: Anxious

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Oh @franki24, What profound words. Most of us go through multiple stages of acceptance after being diagnosed with cancer. We can flip back and forth a bit between those stages over time too. I do, even today, years later. It helps to look back and appreciate the lives that we've lived, while still looking forward to what is yet to come. Hugs.

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franki24 | @franki24 | 1 day ago

Well. I was speaking to someone today who is 84. I mentioned to her something Oscar.Wilde wrote who was the most celebrated man of his time until he wasn't. He wrote upon his release from prison for being gay, he wrote: I only want to know people who know what sorrow is. No one else interests me.

I happen to mentor several people in the 40s and 50s whose expectations of life have gone unmet. They have just now in their 40s adjusted their expectations to what is possible and what is most loving. Their sorrows and regrets have aided them in having empathy and compassion for others.
The way of sorrow according to the most holy and devout men is through sorrow.

Hope you are well

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