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Would anyone say that you have to coach yourself and try not to let your emotions rule you and just say as you go through it that it's just a part of the treatment,and use it as a mantra and just kee
i love, love, love that last quote about being strong. thanks so much for sharing with all of us. you are truly an inspiration for us all!! bless you. belle
I think it helps if you can remind yourself if you start feeling a bit crazy, that it is the meds that are making you feel that way.
During tx, I felt like an evil twin rose up out of me.
Interferon can cause depression.
So, remembering that it was the meds causing these feelings and that once I finished tx the irritation and depression would leave, helped me immensely.
During tx, I felt like an evil twin rose up out of me.
Interferon can cause depression.
So, remembering that it was the meds causing these feelings and that once I finished tx the irritation and depression would leave, helped me immensely.
Wow Hector I have a feeling that post is a classic that will be copied and pasted for years!
Love you!
Love you!
Thank you Hector, for sharing.
I don't want to repeat myself and my praises sound trite.
You man, should know that through your caring, strength and eloquence, you change worlds. The impact of your words reverberates in our hearts, I think for all time.
What a gift you give us.
I don't want to repeat myself and my praises sound trite.
You man, should know that through your caring, strength and eloquence, you change worlds. The impact of your words reverberates in our hearts, I think for all time.
What a gift you give us.
hector....this is one of your best!...unreal you can focus so well on tx and with an impaired liver.....everyone during or starting tx should read this....really good stuff......billy
Emotions don't rule anyone if we can feel and acknowledge them. I don't know of anyone that ever died from having a feeling. Feelings are clues that something is going on and maybe we should pay attention to them. Feelings come and go. I don't know anyone that goes through life unaffected. If they do then they have mental health issues and that is a whole other topic. The only people they rule as those that have to deny, hide, suppress their emotions. Then it comes out in twisted ways like drug use, alcohol, rage.
No ones like feeling ill. It isn't pleasant. But if we keep an eye on the prize. SVR for example it can be well worth it. Isn't take what we all have tried to do? Suffer for awhile so you won't have to worry it affecting you for the rest of your life. Because if you should progress to the point of needing a transplant that is a life long commitment to having blood tests and taking immunosuppressants until the day you die.
I don't think anyone can be told by a doctor you have cancer or will need a transplant to continue living and not be upset and affected. Ask anyone that has had that experience and they will remember the exact moment it happened and how they felt. I have been diagnosed with two different cancers and will need a transplant soon otherwise I won't be here in a year or two from now. It ain't pleasant but it is not like I have a choice either. (Well I do, I can decide I am done and "That's all folks!". But that is not an option for me personally.
To deny the emotional aspects of any suffering is not a good way to deal with anything in life in my opinion. If you don' feel suffering how can you feel pleasure? You can't have only "good feelings". We all deal with adversity all of our lives. In small and big ways. We all suffer in our own ways that matches our personality, beliefs, and values. To be stoic, the stiff upper lip attitude is plain nonsense that only makes thing worse then they already are. Who cares want others think about you crying or whatever? People will see you need help and will help and support you.
Focus on taking care of yourself. Whatever that means to you. Give yourself a break. Forgive yourself for being human. It's okay, really!
I have seen Tibetan monks, special forces veterans, grandmas, 15 year olds, kids that only came up to my knee and every variety of person go through either cancer or a liver transplant. They all went though it, though the ups and downs. The absurdities, the crying, pleading, the fear, etc. etc. There is no shame. People really do understand at the hospital. There is nothing new under the sun. They have seen it all before. We all go through the same stuff.
This is why we have our transplant support group at our transplant center. To talk and share or feelings and experiences. Only folks that have been through the same stuff really understand. We all support each other.
It is an emotional experience can to lose all you have had previously and possibly lose your life. But feeling don't control you. You go through the emotions and when you have processed them you pick yourself off the ground and carry on another day.
We have a saying in the cancer/transplant community "YOU NEVER KNOW HOW STRONG YOU ARE UNTIL BEING STRONG IS THE ONLY CHOICE YOU HAVE".
Hang in there! You are up to whatever tasks lay ahead.
Hector
No ones like feeling ill. It isn't pleasant. But if we keep an eye on the prize. SVR for example it can be well worth it. Isn't take what we all have tried to do? Suffer for awhile so you won't have to worry it affecting you for the rest of your life. Because if you should progress to the point of needing a transplant that is a life long commitment to having blood tests and taking immunosuppressants until the day you die.
I don't think anyone can be told by a doctor you have cancer or will need a transplant to continue living and not be upset and affected. Ask anyone that has had that experience and they will remember the exact moment it happened and how they felt. I have been diagnosed with two different cancers and will need a transplant soon otherwise I won't be here in a year or two from now. It ain't pleasant but it is not like I have a choice either. (Well I do, I can decide I am done and "That's all folks!". But that is not an option for me personally.
To deny the emotional aspects of any suffering is not a good way to deal with anything in life in my opinion. If you don' feel suffering how can you feel pleasure? You can't have only "good feelings". We all deal with adversity all of our lives. In small and big ways. We all suffer in our own ways that matches our personality, beliefs, and values. To be stoic, the stiff upper lip attitude is plain nonsense that only makes thing worse then they already are. Who cares want others think about you crying or whatever? People will see you need help and will help and support you.
Focus on taking care of yourself. Whatever that means to you. Give yourself a break. Forgive yourself for being human. It's okay, really!
I have seen Tibetan monks, special forces veterans, grandmas, 15 year olds, kids that only came up to my knee and every variety of person go through either cancer or a liver transplant. They all went though it, though the ups and downs. The absurdities, the crying, pleading, the fear, etc. etc. There is no shame. People really do understand at the hospital. There is nothing new under the sun. They have seen it all before. We all go through the same stuff.
This is why we have our transplant support group at our transplant center. To talk and share or feelings and experiences. Only folks that have been through the same stuff really understand. We all support each other.
It is an emotional experience can to lose all you have had previously and possibly lose your life. But feeling don't control you. You go through the emotions and when you have processed them you pick yourself off the ground and carry on another day.
We have a saying in the cancer/transplant community "YOU NEVER KNOW HOW STRONG YOU ARE UNTIL BEING STRONG IS THE ONLY CHOICE YOU HAVE".
Hang in there! You are up to whatever tasks lay ahead.
Hector
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