Interesting article for any control freaks

betula
betula Member Posts: 86
edited June 2018 in Colorectal Cancer #1

Just read this on Twitter today and it hit home as my husband may be starting more chemo.  Some how it relieved some stress for me.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/finding-purpose/201806/finding-purpose-in-the-randomness-cancer?

 

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  • Helen321
    Helen321 Member Posts: 1,459 Member
    #2
    My name is Helen and I am a

    My name is Helen and I am a control freak....hi helen.  I am 5 years cancer free and promised myself to lighten up and I still can't deal with the loss of control and the upside downess that the chemo, rad and surgery has caused........  snaps to helen.  lol  I will read this artilce, thanks.

  • betula
    betula Member Posts: 86
    #3
    Welcome Helen

    Wink.  I am right there with you!  I hope the link works.  I can't cut and paste it from my post.  As the caregiver, I feel a total lack of control and cannot even imagine the patient's feelings of loss of control.  As I sit and watch my husband (sort of a control freak in his own right) lay on the bed with people poking and prodding him and being completely out of control of things, I am impressed! 

     

  • gul1976
    gul1976 Member Posts: 42
    #4
    betula said:

    Welcome Helen

    Wink.  I am right there with you!  I hope the link works.  I can't cut and paste it from my post.  As the caregiver, I feel a total lack of control and cannot even imagine the patient's feelings of loss of control.  As I sit and watch my husband (sort of a control freak in his own right) lay on the bed with people poking and prodding him and being completely out of control of things, I am impressed! 

     

    an interesting article.

    an interesting article. thanks for sharing!

     

     

  • JanJan63
    JanJan63 Member Posts: 2,478 Member
    #5
    Very interesting. I can

    Very interesting. I can relate to it. Thanks for sharing that.

    Jan

  • Trubrit
    Trubrit Member Posts: 5,796 Member
    #6
    Thanks....

    for the article, Betula. 

    Tru

  • Annabelle41415
    Annabelle41415 Member Posts: 6,742 Member
    edited June 2018 #7
    Control

    I've not read the article but what you have described is an article of losing control.  It's very hard for me as I've always been in control of my direction in life, my future, my goals and when that was overturned by a diagnosis of something that was not in my future, it made me feel anxious, nervous, anxiety and scared.  I'm not one to fly either because I'm not in control.  I'm just trying to give it up to God and hope that he can control my future and let me know He's in charge.

    Kim

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