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Re: Emotions out of whack
My therapist specializes in neuro-linguistic programming techniques and early on in my cancer "journey" had me start using this simple and effective technique:
1) Relax the best you can, and think of all of the people who care about you and love you.
2) Take a deep breath, and breathe all of this love into you. As you do this, press your thumb and finger together (I do it on both hands at the same time). Feel the sense of well-being flood your body.
3) Pressing your same thumb and finger together is now your trigger. Any time you do this the sense of well-being will return. The more you do it the stronger it gets. Use it at least once daily.
I have had good results with just this simple technique. Sometimes when wake up at night worrying I can use the trigger and fall back to sleep. I hope you feel better soon. (((Hugs)))
Rachael
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7/30/2012 Diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer
8/3/2012 CT scan mets to liver (major!!), lungs, spine, and skin
8/8/2012 Biopsy results: invasive ductal carcinoma
ER+/PR+/HER2+ amplification 4.8 (whatever that means)
8/13/2012 Brain MRI (clear); bone scan verified CT scan
8/14/12 started Taxotere/Carboplatin/Herceptin, 2 rounds (added Neulasta after 9/4 treatment)
9/4/12 CA 15-3: >3000
9/15/12 CA 15-3: 840
9/15/12 started Taxotere/Perjeta/Herceptin, 4 rounds (no Neulasta)
10/29/12 CT scan showed dramatic improvement in all areas - largest liver met 2.5 cm, largest lung met 10 cm
12/17/12 Started Perjeta/Herceptin, 2 rounds
12/17/12 CA 15-3: 17 Yay!!!
1/21/13 CT scan showed improvement - largest liver met 1.9 cm, largest lung met 2 mm
1/29/13 CA 15-3: 12 Started Herceptin only
3/12/13 CA 15-3: still 12 yay!! Back to Perjeta/Herceptin
3/29/13 CT scan more improvement - largest liver met 1.2 cm, some lung mets disappeared!
3/7/14 started Tamoxifen
6/27/13 - 1/2015 CT scan stable
Began a diet of only single ingredient foods and went nearly NED excepts for some tiny lung spots - ask me if you want to know more...
1/2015 - 1/2017 CT scan stable
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