[Ailist] Re: Staying Positive With Cancer

[Jen Van Deusen]

dear Peggy & All,

Thank you for sharing this beautfiul story. My own mother has ovarian
cancer. I have been seeking ways to see the silver lining in this cloud and
your story helped.

I thought this article from the clinical world might interest you and folks
on the list:
Significant Reduction in Breast Cancer Recurrence and Mortality With
Psychologic Intervention
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/583889?sssdmh=dm1.406333&src=nldne

peace,
jen

On 11/23/08, Peggy Holman <peggy at opencirclecompany.com> wrote:
>
> This thread caught my eye as I dropped into my AI list folder for the first
> time in a VERY long time.  My mother died from cancer about four years ago.
>  It was an extraordinary experience because she was curious from the moment
> of diagnosis.  She told us at one point that she saw her job as "dying
> well".
>
> I know many of you have already spoken about the amazing journey that
> cancer can be.  It certainly was for me as it brought my brother, sister,
> and I closer together and closer to our mother.  It ended up touching a
> variety of people over the eight months of this journey.  Before it
> happened, a good friend told me that given a choice between an immediate
> death and a slow one, she'd take the slow one.  I didn't understand that
> until I got to live through the experience and appreciate the fierce,
> loving, and precious days my family and friends shared with each other.
>

On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 7:08 AM, Roland Sullivan <
changeroland at rocketmail.com> wrote:

> Peggy. Your writing on Living a Good death was magnificent.
>
> You are a noble and self-realized person.
>
> Roland Sullivan
>
>
>
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> From: Peggy Holman <peggy at opencirclecompany.com>
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