I finally have a confirmed date for the next surgery, March 12, 2008. They will be taking out my left kidney (due to not "getting it all" the last time) and my uterus. I will post more as the date approaches.
I want to touch on staying positive. I read other cancer bloggers, and to be perfectly honest, some are rather depressing. I really feel sad for them. I know it is hard. Life is hard, but you have to pick yourself up and go with a positive outlook. Having cancer sucks. Your life becomes so consumed by "having cancer" that you forget to live. I have decided that my life will not be controlled by cancer. I want to live and I want to have a good time at it.
So you other depressing bloggers, cheer up……time is a wastin’.
Having a Positive Attitude is not just for cancer survivors, but for EVERYONE. We all need to stay out of the negative dark sink hole. Learn to live with a smile on your face and sunshine in your heart!!
If anyone reading this really wants to change their attitude to a more positive one, please visit some of these websites:
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Pass the Positive Please
and for shopping
( good gifts from this store hint, hint)
I posted my wish list to the right : )
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Wow, I'm stunned and tickled that you put me on your blog roll!
My CaringBridge journal is, if I do say so myself, a fine example of the power of an undepressed outlook. No matter what the situation, a depressed outlook contributes nothing, and there's plenty of evidence that a positive outlook benefits the immune system. Since kidney cancer is (unlike most cancers) specifically an immune system disease, that's extra important for you and me.
For anyone who's interested in this and hasn't been to my CaringBridge, here's part of what I wrote on the day I started it: "This site will chronicle the learning and emotional processes we’re going through as we learn and do everything we can to maximize my chances. Top of the list: a strong mental attitude and a clear mind!"
The best statistics I could find at the time said my condition had a median survival time of 5.5 months. That was on 1/30/07, and here I am today. Turns out all the published stats were obsolete, because there are so many new treatments today that there just AREN'T any substantial stats yet. If I had wallowed in the uglies, it wouldn't have helped me a bit.
(And besides, the median is just the middle person in the data set. If you have 25 people in a study, then as soon as the 13th one dies, that's the median survival time - even if everyone after that lives forever.)
I'll tell ya, also, it does a world of good to have a bunch of people telling you you're amazing. And from your blog I can tell you ARE amazing. Don't argue.
But do tell us - who's coordinating who's buying you what, so you don't get six snugglies? And where do people send stuff?
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