Managing anger

Oh Huggy,

I sure know how you are feeling honey!  I was diagnosed a couple of months ago and have often felt angry since then.  Many different unpleasant emotions actually.  Have had the same experience as you, friends who were initially saying all the same things, they are there for me, they are thinking of me, they are there anytime etc and then some haven't been in touch since at all.  Not even when I was having surgery.  I have also heard soooo many stories that people feel compelled to tell me about other people with cancer etc.  I don't want to hear those stories, I want them to shut up & just be there for me to listen rather than compare me to someone else.  That may sound selfish but no one can prepare us for how we react to this bastard of a disease!  I saw a woman in the breast clinic recently with the words "Fuck Cancer" written on her shirt and I laughed out loud!  Hell yeah I thought and gave her a thumbs up! 

Don't be hard on yourself, be angry when you need to be and then let it go.  It's when we let it sit too long that it becomes toxic. 

Hugs,

Karen  xoxo