OK, trying to stay calm, need info, and advice....

[MGordon]

Need advise? Here's my $.02:

Step 1: Deep cleansing breathes - remember fear and stress are killers! You deal with enough, do not take on more!

Step 2: Remember the love and faith you have in YOUR healing team - they KNOW you and your disease! Please try NOT to read too much into others diagnosis!

Step 3: Pray for Mrs. Edwards and her family - they need your support. I have millions of reasons to love Lisa, but foremost in my memory is that whenever she felt the worst she reached out to others the most.

Step 4: Seek physical support from a loved one - if a hubby - ask to snuggle! If another family member - they should WANT to hold you why you have a good release!

Step 5: Please do not misunderstand this one, but be thankful! Things COULD be worse. Remember the small victories and feeling of triumph in your life (both now and before diagnosis) and the MAJOR victories too! Somebody is watching over you and LOVES you! Tell them thanks on a spiritual level.

Step 6: Keep us posted - because we love to hear from you too!

Here - Ready - CYBER HUG!!!!

Love and Light
Mel

PS - LISTEN to Becky - she is one of the most insightful and knowledgable people on earth, much less this website!

[lu ann]

I know it is difficult not to compare our prognosis with another whose situation was similar to our own. Some of the girls, (Linda from Canada, Lynn from Australia, and Lisa from Colorado), who were diagnosed about the same time as me, have lost their lives to this disease. It makes me wonder at times if I'm next. I just keep telling myself that someone has to be in the survivor percentage, so why can't it be me? It is hard to keep positive, but it is doable. Lisa's husband Mel has some very good advice. Try using it before your mind puts you in the funk. It's like taking pain medicine. It works better if used before the pain is at it's worst. Take care and God Bless. Lu Ann