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Cancer Support

mwdem

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6. Staying positive always helped me.

Reply to matt819 (Original post)

Tue Apr 2, 2013, 05:13 PM

Apr 2013

I kept a truly positive outlook through both my cancers (breast and uterine, a year apart), and it helped everyone around me to do the same. My husband, my daughter and her husband, and my son all learned everything they could about my cancers, treatments, outlooks, everything. It started in the beginning of 2005, and I'm still kicking! It's not blind optimism, it's just being educated on the cancer and being positive. I did have a kick-ass group of doctors, and that helped a lot! Good luck, and I'm sure you'll know what to do and say through it all.

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Okay folks [View all] matt819 Mar 2013 OP

Sorry to hear that, we're behind you! Tab Mar 2013 #1

This is a wonderful answer... YvonneCa Mar 2013 #3

ask your wife's doctors for support groups now olddots Mar 2013 #2

I'm sorry to hear about your wife. In my opinion, optimism is the best sinkingfeeling Mar 2013 #4

Thanks matt819 Mar 2013 #5

Staying positive always helped me. mwdem Apr 2013 #6