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What are you doing for your mental health?
This question was posed on the radio this morning. Some don't get enough sleep, some are at a stage where the roles reverse and they take on caring for parents as well as their own children and career...
Hi @sister @iserbrown. Same - I've also had 5 years of stress, and do also believe it's been part of my diagnosis. Wasn't anything I could control but was my life at the time. I went to doctor's to get help with anxiety and depression but they kept sending me off to mindfulness sessions, at the time I thought -OK better than drugs. Finally saw one who gave me antidepressants and Valium. Instant relief.
Probably because I was now so relaxed (problems almost gone as well) that the cancer thought my time to shine.
Needless to say I'm now reflecting on what happened, what and how to now move forward. In a good spot at almost 60, retired, two grandkids, lovely home. In a country that has given me free treatment, and bonus, reconstruction. Time to do something for me now. But what? So the next two treatments for better or worse will be a time of reflection and plan hopefully on the next stage of life. J
Probably because I was now so relaxed (problems almost gone as well) that the cancer thought my time to shine.
Needless to say I'm now reflecting on what happened, what and how to now move forward. In a good spot at almost 60, retired, two grandkids, lovely home. In a country that has given me free treatment, and bonus, reconstruction. Time to do something for me now. But what? So the next two treatments for better or worse will be a time of reflection and plan hopefully on the next stage of life. J