By Jane E. Brody — 2007
With each diagnosis, knowing her life hung in the balance, she was “stunned, then anguished” and astonished by “how much energy it takes to get from the bad news to actually starting on the return path to health.”
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CLEAR ALL
If someone were to ask you what the hardest part of living with chronic illness is, they might expect you to respond with one of the physical symptoms you experience, or perhaps how this symptom affects your ability to do certain activities.
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This is written for the person with advanced cancer, but it can be helpful to the people who care for, love, and support this person, too.
At a weekend workshop I led, one of the participants, Marian, shared her story about the shame and guilt that had tortured her.