Mind over .....cancer!!???

[Cathya]

I was thinking today of something that happened to me 6 months to a year before I found my lump and wonder if any of you have had a similar experience. I am not a particularly spiritual person but I can't help but wondering....... In any case, I was in the middle of a sound sleep one evening some time before my diagnosis when I woke up and the first thing that went through my mind was, "there is something in my body...and it's killing me". Now, I thought about this for a few seconds...figured I was nuts and where did that come from and went back to sleep. I have a history of bowel cancer in the family and had just had a colonoscopy so figured I was safe. I had thought about this numerous times and wondered....is this a higher power or perhaps I felt the lump in my sleep or perhaps the mind knows things about the body at some deep level. In any case this was a warning that I didn't listen to and now I listen .....lucky no messages of late. lol Happy New Year all.

Cathy

Hi Cathy- I'm starting to listen to my body, heart and mind better now too.I've always had nightmares and one in which I did feel a real struggle going on in my body. In fact,while I was waking up it felt like a fight was going on right in my body between an angel and a devil. That's the only way I can describe it, because they were each trying to throw the other one out.Needless to say, I try to pray a lot more now and try to follow the Lord as best as I can.I know He has a special plan for each of us- even if we can't see the big picture now, some day we will find out. God Bless You- Cathy

[karenann]

Cathy,

Funny you should bring this subject up...in December, '04, I got a bad cold and, just couldn't get rid of the cough. In January, I was in the shower and I thought about how my aunt had a bad cough when she found her breast cancer (she died in 2001). Anyway, I thought I should do a SBE (don't do them all the time) and, 'low and behold', there was a lump there. I truly believe, my aunt was trying to get my attention.

Karen

[saleboat]

I used to have a very stressful Wall St job and spent many months preparing to take a new, less stressful job. One of the reasons I told people that I wanted to change jobs was that I needed to do it before 'I got cancer'. Which seemed very ironic because there is virtually no history of cancer in my family (plus I was 34 y.o. at the time). But I knew that the stress I was under was doing bad things to my health. Lo and behold, within two months of switching to a low-stress job, I found a lump. I know that my former job did not cause the cancer, but I did have a sixth sense that something was possibly wrong.

[panicked911]

oh the stargest things..
skipped my mamo last year and OB nagged to do it this year - only date available July 22 - my brothers b'day - had mamo - doc said problem on left side - wanted to reshoot - they did saif it was fine - I didn't beleive them - a sith sense told me something was no right - had an ultra sound on my mothers b'day sept 2 ( we we very close and she passed away 8 years ago - not from cancer) - ultra souns showed 1 small lump - went to surgeon had biopsy - got cancer diagnosis on daughters 10th b'day - went to see surgeon at Sloan she found the second lump and scheduled surgery for Oct 3 - ( which would have been by father's 80th b'day - he passed in 1985) - made surgeon chnage th date to Oct 5 - couldn't handle the birthday thing anymore even though the dates were picked arbitrarily -
To much of coincidence for me to accept

[panicked911]

oh the stargest things..
skipped my mamo last year and OB nagged to do it this year - only date available July 22 - my brothers b'day - had mamo - doc said problem on left side - wanted to reshoot - they did saif it was fine - I didn't beleive them - a sith sense told me something was no right - had an ultra sound on my mothers b'day sept 2 ( we we very close and she passed away 8 years ago - not from cancer) - ultra souns showed 1 small lump - went to surgeon had biopsy - got cancer diagnosis on daughters 10th b'day - went to see surgeon at Sloan she found the second lump and scheduled surgery for Oct 3 - ( which would have been by father's 80th b'day - he passed in 1985) - made surgeon chnage th date to Oct 5 - couldn't handle the birthday thing anymore even though the dates were picked arbitrarily -
To much of coincidence for me to accept definitely other forces at work

[Patty H]

I had something like that happen too. I was sleeping and out of a deep sleep I heard someone call my name. I was home alone at the time. I told my daughter about it and I told her I had this feeling my life was going to change forever. Shortly after that I found out I had breast cancer and my daughter quickly reminded me of what I said. I have always been a Christain but through this walk I have ecome even closer to the Lord and I don't think I could have made it through this without my faith. Patty H