HOW DO YOU COPE?

Poshspice — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:03:57 GMT

Hi

I've been on this site about a week and have just noticed your post. I was dx last November and am undergoing chemo at the moment. Everyone is different with the way they handle the posibilty of death but I cope by keeping a journal. I know it sounds so 18th century, but it is amazing how much better I feel after I have written in it. It is a chance to be completely selfish and self absorbed without worrying about "boring" someone with your aches and pains tirade. I started my journal when my mum died 18 months ago and it is the one place I can truely be myself, pour out my most inner feelings and can ask questions and (quite often) answer them myself. I keep it all on a memory stick and only I can see it. That is part of the appeal because I can write exactly what I feel because no one will ever read it.

I also have a close friend who lost her teenage daughter last year. She writes letters to her. It is all done on the computer and she saves them and I think one day when she feels stronger she will find some comfort in reading them.

Hope you find some peace, Tina xxxx

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