Five techniques to help you when "wait and see" is the only option
PUBLISHED June 30, 2018
Martha lives in Illinois and was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer in January 2015. She has a husband and three children, ranging in age from 12 to 18, a dog and a lizard.
A friend of mine has recently been introduced to a staple of the metastatic breast cancer world: uncertainty. Although she doesn't have cancer, her medical team is stymied by a change in her health, and all she can do is wait and see.
Living in a world of "wait and see" is hard. With cancer, and especially with metastatic cancer, uncertainty invades and demands a response. It impacts decisions about health, yes, but also about family, vacations, spending. Name a topic and I can guarantee that metastatic breast cancer enters into the mix of variables guiding me to the best possible decisions.
Most people I know don't live with my constant level of uncertainty – we have homes, adequate food, health care of some kind, loving friends or family. When you are pushed into the world in which I live every day, even if it's for just a short visit, it is scary.
Living in a world of "wait and see" is hard. With cancer, and especially with metastatic cancer, uncertainty invades and demands a response. It impacts decisions about health, yes, but also about family, vacations, spending. Name a topic and I can guarantee that metastatic breast cancer enters into the mix of variables guiding me to the best possible decisions.
Most people I know don't live with my constant level of uncertainty – we have homes, adequate food, health care of some kind, loving friends or family. When you are pushed into the world in which I live every day, even if it's for just a short visit, it is scary.
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