I found a meme on FB that describes to a T where I am in life after this diagnosis, I posted it on t

JustGrateful
JustGrateful Member Posts: 72
edited June 2020 in General Cancer
It says:
In the blink of an eye, your life can change due to disease. Your dreams, goals, life change. You no longer have time for drama, you worry less about the big things and are grateful for the little things. You leave the history of yesterday behind and concentrate on how you will use today's energy and have no time from drama.

Does this sound familiar?

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  • LiveWithCancer
    LiveWithCancer Member Posts: 470
    edited May 2020
    I was that way after getting diagnosed with lung cancer. It went to an all-new level after my son died suddenly and unexpectedly.

    Too bad, really, that it takes illness or death to bring about that change in attitude.
  • SandiA
    SandiA Member Posts: 14
    edited May 2020
    Yes! My priorities definitely changed after my diagnosis. I definitely worried less about things and really learned to appreciate the little things I barely noticed before.
  • GregP_WN
    GregP_WN Member Posts: 742
    edited June 2020
    Yes, and I've found that you appreciate those things more, and the other things less right after diagnosis, and up to the end of treatment. Then, as time slides by you start slipping back to being a "normal" person and you start to not think that way again. Then, BOOM, another diagnosis. All of a sudden you start over again with those same thoughts. It's a cycle I've been through 4, going on 5 times now.
  • junie1
    junie1 Member Posts: 30
    edited June 2020
    i saw that also,, I have found out that we don't get to choose what changes we want or get. we just deal with them, the best we can. I know that things happen and I deal with how it comes thur to me.
  • MarcieB
    MarcieB Member Posts: 528
    edited June 2020
    I think maybe LIFE is just full of blinks. They don't have to be bad. Discovering you are pregnant is a blink - one moment your main focus is what you will wear tomorrow, and then...! Meeting my husband was a one of those times - one minute I was sitting in a room waiting for a meeting to begin , the next minute he walked in and sat down and I thought, "Oh, he's cute."(BLINK!)
    And life changes...
    I've had my share of both kinds of blinks. I certainly prefer the good ones, but I have learned a TON from all of them. I've re-prioritized a zillion times and have found that it is a process and sometimes it is more important than other times. But, the beat goes on.
  • msesq
    msesq Member Posts: 8
    edited June 2020
    Very familiar
  • petieagnor
    petieagnor Member Posts: 110
    edited June 2020
    I agree. I try to stay focused on what matters the most or what I can control. I seem to talk to God more. Really helps deciding on what is truly important..
  • junie1
    junie1 Member Posts: 30
    edited June 2020
    agree, After being dx for the 3rd time,, I, fining myself that there's no time to dwell on the stupid things. I listen to what's going on out here in the world,, and what's going on around me,, but I don't let engulf me.. Taking care of myself is my first priority, first and foremost. Life is going on,, and im trying to enjoy it as much as i can.
    I've busy sewing,, making things that I take to the Farmers Markets and Craft Markets to sell. That's so relaxing and fulfilling..
    Staying healthy is what's important now.

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