help with cancer-related anxiety

Thank you so much for the great advice. I, too, have been learning to accept my anxiety and let it pass rather than trying to fight it. Also, I have been meditating almost daily and doing trauma work, and have discovered that somatic meditation works really well for resetting the nervous system. I have been operating in fight-or-flight mode for many years and am finally tired enough of it to try to do something about it. Have you done any yoga? Thinking about trying that next.

@shmerdloff What great advice. I read these books decades ago....way before I experienced the breast cancer, radiation roller coast ! They are still my go to's.. Thank you for sharing this! I use Louise Hay's tools everyday - but I have neglected Dr. Bernie.

@michelle888 I do resorative yoga regularly. When I leave the yoga class, I feel renewed.

Michelle, It's great that you are meditating. I have found guided meditation, outdoors under headsets, to be extremely relaxing and therapeutic. The tools used in Guided Meditation helps me replace my fear with hope and a peaceful state of mind.

@ritalu
Try a little Deepak Chopra (I know, Epstein😕)

Thank you - I think I would prefer Wayne Dyer over Deepak.... : )

@ritalu Yes, you get it too! There is a beautiful park where I live, and after work I ride my bike there and sit under the trees and look at the creek. Nature is extremely therapeutic for me. I really love the meditations by Wendy Jones ... she is the best I've found for resetting the nervous system.

@ritalu That's awesome. I'll have to give it a try.

I'm so sorry you're going through such anxiety. I was diagnosed with breast cancer, fortunately found early, in 2001. In 2017, I was diagnosed with non hodgkin's lymphoma, stage 1. I share this only because I feel I know a little bit about the fears of living with and after cancer.
Everyone deals differently. It took me years to be able to go for my mammogram alone. I was, am, a very independent woman and never needed my husband to accompany me to these types of exams. It took years to not wake up and have my thoughts immediately say, " I have cancer."
I found solace in my land, the natural world. I would force myself to go out and work in the vegetable garden. I found love and safety with my husband and my workmates.
I was able, with no help from our local cancer center, to find a counselor that was covered by my insurance. Try your local women's support centers. Or, ask the staff at where you received after treatments, as they my know more about these matters than the doctors.
It will ease up. One day, you'll wake up and not feel oppressed by your experience.
I wish I could help more. I view people differently now, with more compassion. Now, of all times, we need to lean in.