Must stay positive, strong, live within the moment, and focus one day at a time are keys to my fight vs. cancer

One of the most important aspects of taking on cancer is being strong both mentally and emotionally. My psychologist stressed to me last week that one’s state of mind can have a huge effect on how your body responds to the weeks of chemotherapy that I’ll be living with over the next few months. She has given me the book Mindfulness For Beginners.  The author is Ion Kabat-Zinn talks about the importance of living in the moment.

 A lot of strange stuff goes on while fighting cancer. Worrying about one’s life expectancy, knowing that chemotherapy treatments are extremely tough on the body and sap most of one’s strength, staying positive even though your body is saying why. 

 I have already read the book twice!  My mission  over the next several months is to stop worrying about what may happen in the future and to focus on living within the moment.  Beating cancer is not a 100 yard dash – it is a marathon.

 As I attempted to do a couple of years ago during my bout with colon cancer – I focused hard at staying positive and to make sure I keep humor important to me.  I’m going to beat this terrible disease one day at a time!!!