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Thank you so very much for this article, Shayan!! This is almost exactly the kind of thing which has helped me to fight cancer for 22 years. I am now NED for almost three years since my last mets, after being given less than a year to live. I am a hypnotherapist, and I believe in self-imagry and positive self-hypnosis, and I know it has kept me going.
I needed to be reminded again of this power, however, because now I am fighting not just cancer but cardiomyopathy and what the cardiologist calls "heart failure". What a negative term!! I have found myself shifting gears from fighting cancer to fearing another sudden heart attack , and I have let myself think negative thoughts about it.
You could not have posted this article at a better time for me! I realize how much I needed a reminder of this power we have within us! I cannot live forever, of course, but I must start fighting back again instead of giving up. I have printed the article and will put it in the front page of the little booklet my cardiologist gave me to keep track of daily weight loss or gain, meds, water intake, exercise, weakness, fatigue, dizziness and so on. The booklet is called " Heart Failure Self-care Diary". I have kept it faithfully for 2 months, and I have found myself getting more and more discouraged. Now I will re-read your article at least once a day as part of my self-care! And I will practice again this power of positive self-imagry. I feel better already! Thank you so much! Hugs, Tricia
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