tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1630608100451817382.post5215164567949180794..comments2023-02-24T04:38:11.126-08:00Comments on F.I.G. Food Inspiration and Gratitude: Cancer Update/ I'm Still HereAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05146297635038050680noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1630608100451817382.post-25722284864573896532016-01-26T06:36:07.568-08:002016-01-26T06:36:07.568-08:00I am still thinking about this post, and about the...I am still thinking about this post, and about the audacity of doctors who think that they can give someone an actual expiration date. My sister-in-law just sent me a video about my nephew's teacher who was diagnosed with colon cancer and given three months to live, and that was four years ago. Of course there are many stories like this, as well as stories of people who also give up when given this kind of prognosis and it then becomes self-fulfilling (although I suppose the doctors would just say they were right). It makes me angry, but again, I feel like you have been able to respond in a way that is empowering and even humorous ("I held my sarcastic tongue and just said…"), and I just want to celebrate that in you. I also want to celebrate your doctor--and mine--who have resisted that temptation, but have found a way to communicate that there has been a shift in our health that could have consequences. It gives us the opportunity to make some changes in our lives, in order to effect that shift in our health. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08665234397703189240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1630608100451817382.post-8485771213821557772016-01-22T06:20:37.341-08:002016-01-22T06:20:37.341-08:00Thank you for writing so honestly and so matter-of...Thank you for writing so honestly and so matter-of-factly about something that is essentially "taboo" in this culture: talking about death, and the fear of it. You and I have had many conversations about the debilitating fear that surrounds cancer and how we are choosing to respond differently. It's wonderful to see it all here in print. As my therapist said to me when I received my first diagnosis in Feb. 2013, "Love is the antidote to fear." Loving ourselves, loving this moment that we have, loving the gifts that we've been given. Kris Carr also talks about letting the fear be there too though, if that is what we are feeling. Letting it be there, then moving through it--not resisting it, which would of course give it more power. It's a strange thing to live so intimately with the idea of dying, while also celebrating being alive. But that is exactly what we're doing. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08665234397703189240noreply@blogger.com