My hat is off to all support groups for cancer!
My hat is off to all support groups for cancer! My hat is also off to all young people having to rebuild their lives after cancer - and other serious traumas. This includes me! Thank God for young people's youth - which makes suffering trauma at this age especially tragic but also also makes it possible for them to overcome and survive. I so appreciate the determination and attitude that seems to come with youth and is so apparent in their support groups. Apparently young people's cell-age is 'mature' but still 'young enough' . Which makes them resilient and the best candidates to heal. However, the oldest cell in our body is only a few months old due to regular replacement. So something else is going on here. (I think it's the fact that by our 20's we haven't yet collected too much emotional baggage. Which I believe is behind much disease and healing. Energy Healing/Total Biology are two of the things I am looking at now - because they are pretty successful.) You may not want to have to heal in the first place! But at least studies show you can. And support groups for cancer are an absolute 'must' in the healing process. Most young adults are busy building their lives for the first time and there are few support groups for cancer to connect young cancer 'graduates' so they can share companionship and tips. (I hesitate to use the more popular term 'survivor' because it doesn't feel 'right' to me? Like school and college, I'd worked incredibly hard and graduated. Not just passively 'survived'. Somehow the term 'survivor' sounded almost like an insult? I wanted credit! My 'survival' was down to me and was directly proportional to my effort.) It wasn't just fate or the skill of the doctors and nurses, it was me too!
It's worth searching and finding support groups for cancer because it's one of most helpful things you can do to heal. There was no internet when I was in hospital, recovering. I have discovered, while I was housebound much of the time again, how incredibly wonderful the internet and the community it provides is. If you can't find one (support groups for cancer) - there are internet versions aplenty. The most useful thing you can get for someone undergoing cancer is a laptop computer - there is an article about difference it makes to the life of someone who suddenly finds themselves in hospital. There are zillions of things you can do if you have a laptop and life can become meaningful again way sooner. Connecting with people going through the same ordeal as you really helps. They will almost certainly have heard of the issues that are bothering you and will be able to share ways they have found to deal with them. Just to be able to talk about them is a great help. Do yourself the biggest favour: Connect with support groups for cancer today, online or in your hometown. I've seen firsthand so many times how much difference it makes. Every time. Support groups for cancer online can be anywhere in the world. They're also available 24/7 - and of all the people in the whole world, there's bound to be someone you bond with?! There were days when my friend was at her wits end and one of her friends were always online - either in New Zealand, England, Boston or Vancouver.
Chemotherapy and 'chemobrain' cause many symptoms similar to stroke and brain injury. The thought of anyone having to go through the same loneliness that I felt is what prompted me to create
www.ReBuildingYou.com.
Good luck! With a hug, Julie
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