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Cancer: Being diagnosed during the holiday season
Breast Cancer | Last Active: Jan 17 10:06am | Replies (26)Comment receiving replies
Just diagnosed on December 11, 2023 with Stage 1a IDC. Surgery planned for 1/9/2023. This is a very depressing time to be diagnosed. Also, I am a polio survivor so I feel like I have sustained a double whammy. I am normally very strong willed, never feel sorry for myself, but I am having trouble getting past "Why me?" I have a great husband who is a rock but I never wanted people to feel sorry for me. This has been a very tough Christmas season for me.
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@javagirl Like you, I'm not one to feel sorry for myself and my husband is great at supporting me, and like you, I don't want people to feel sorry for me. That tip from my psychologist is really helping me when the question "why me" invades my mind. And as @ebtexas55 has suggested, I've started writing those positive "why me"; it's even more powerful to see them on paper.