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Coping with uncertainty and waiting
Hi everyone, I'm 33 and have just had a double mastectomy for what they think is high grade, bilateral dcis. I chose mastectomy over lumpectomy/radio. I'm struggling emotionally less with the ma...
Hi Michelle and Mel,
These are all such great suggestions. Meditation and creativity certainly seems to help. I was discharged from hospital yesterday, but if I hadn't left I would have just participated in a music therapy session! & I did a little bit of sketching and writing in hospital.
I do have a beautiful garden and today I centered coming home by cooking up a bunch of veggies that had grown up while I was in hospital. If it wasn't an extremely windy day on Sydney, I would have spent more time out there.
Three surgeries, Mel, hearing that makes me really hey a sense of the process one has to be open to as well. There evidently isn't a quick fix! All the best making the most out of your waiting too.
All good wishes,
Jen x
These are all such great suggestions. Meditation and creativity certainly seems to help. I was discharged from hospital yesterday, but if I hadn't left I would have just participated in a music therapy session! & I did a little bit of sketching and writing in hospital.
I do have a beautiful garden and today I centered coming home by cooking up a bunch of veggies that had grown up while I was in hospital. If it wasn't an extremely windy day on Sydney, I would have spent more time out there.
Three surgeries, Mel, hearing that makes me really hey a sense of the process one has to be open to as well. There evidently isn't a quick fix! All the best making the most out of your waiting too.
All good wishes,
Jen x