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Coux92 · 11-14-2013, 06:30 PM

What a great thread....SusanN love your quote, Valleys bring mountains, IF YOU LOOK UP!
I get feeling overwhelmed with the "to do list" but I let go what I can to avoid the stress, but when I feel it's too much, I think of a scene I observed years ago when I first started working in a school. A 5 th grade student was feeling overwhelmed and stressed, I had just seen him in the my health office, I tried my best to reassure him when his teacher from 3rd grade saw him and recognized how he was feeling and spoke with him. After listening to the laundry list of things he was up against, she said "Charles, do you remember? How do you eat an elephant? He picked his head up and smiled and replied "one bite at a time!" I will never forget watching that exchange and the power strength it gave Charles. I wonder where he is today?

11-14-2013, 06:30 PM	#18
Coux92 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Katonah,New York Posts: 228	Re: Being Sad and Vulnerable makes you Brave What a great thread....SusanN love your quote, Valleys bring mountains, IF YOU LOOK UP! I get feeling overwhelmed with the "to do list" but I let go what I can to avoid the stress, but when I feel it's too much, I think of a scene I observed years ago when I first started working in a school. A 5 th grade student was feeling overwhelmed and stressed, I had just seen him in the my health office, I tried my best to reassure him when his teacher from 3rd grade saw him and recognized how he was feeling and spoke with him. After listening to the laundry list of things he was up against, she said "Charles, do you remember? How do you eat an elephant? He picked his head up and smiled and replied "one bite at a time!" I will never forget watching that exchange and the power strength it gave Charles. I wonder where he is today? __________________ 3/11/13- normal mammo and US 4/30/13 Found pea sized lump while showering 5/10/13 core bx 5/15/13 dx IDC 1CM, 5/20/13 BRAC 1&2 neg 5/28/13 lumpectomy and SNB, ER/PR/Her-2+, Nodes neg,positive margins 6/13/13 revision of margins . Now clear 6/26/13 first TCH Chemo Ninja~kutaki Zika Zukuchiri 10/18/13-Bx of calcification-neg whew 11/7/13 Started Radiation. 01/2014- Started Tamoxifen 06/09/14-Steriotactic BX left breast calcification-Benign 06/18/2014-completed one year of Herceptin!