Pre-surgery anxiety & fear

EReba

I am 69 years old and recently diagnosed with lung cancer. I don't have a surgery date yet but should find out this week. Or at least I hope so. (This process has moved much more slowly than I imagined.) But in any event, I find myself experiencing waves of intense fear and anxiety that I cannot push past on my own. I seem to have to just wait them out. It reminds me a bit of grieving and maybe that's what it is. I don't know.

Any suggestions on how to deal with these feelings?