Comments for Coping With Cancer http://awakeningcounseling.com/blog_01 A Blog for People Affected by Cancer--tips, strategies, and inspiration for managing the cancer journey Mon, 07 May 2012 17:57:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Depression Is Not a Dirty Word by Dawn http://awakeningcounseling.com/blog_01/?p=89#comment-46 Dawn Mon, 07 May 2012 17:57:53 +0000 http://awakeningcounseling.com/blog_01/?p=89#comment-46 Pretty cool to have a nurse who's also a Reiki master! Glad to hear your mother and sister were able to get treatment on a number of levels for depression and anxiety...awesome that their center used complementary practices. Thanks for sharing this. Pretty cool to have a nurse who’s also a Reiki master! Glad to hear your mother and sister were able to get treatment on a number of levels for depression and anxiety…awesome that their center used complementary practices. Thanks for sharing this.

]]> Comment on Depression Is Not a Dirty Word by Marsi http://awakeningcounseling.com/blog_01/?p=89#comment-45 Marsi Mon, 07 May 2012 17:54:34 +0000 http://awakeningcounseling.com/blog_01/?p=89#comment-45 The cancer center where my mother and sister went had a wonderful social worker on staff who also was a registered nurse and a Reiki master! Both my mother and sister were treated for depression and anxiety by their oncologist. They both also went to the social worker and had body work done with Reiki and acupuncture. We were blessed to have found a center that incorporated complimentary (or what some would consider alternative medicines)in with the treatment programs. The cancer center where my mother and sister went had a wonderful social worker on staff who also was a registered nurse and a Reiki master! Both my mother and sister were treated for depression and anxiety by their oncologist. They both also went to the social worker and had body work done with Reiki and acupuncture. We were blessed to have found a center that incorporated complimentary (or what some would consider alternative medicines)in with the treatment programs.

]]> Comment on Depression Is Not a Dirty Word by Dawn http://awakeningcounseling.com/blog_01/?p=89#comment-44 Dawn Mon, 07 May 2012 16:34:15 +0000 http://awakeningcounseling.com/blog_01/?p=89#comment-44 Hi Katy, I agree...others who have heard those words can understand the impact more fully. And I hear you...you recognize the effect cancer has had on your life at the same time as appreciating each day. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Dawn Hi Katy,
I agree…others who have heard those words can understand the impact more fully. And I hear you…you recognize the effect cancer has had on your life at the same time as appreciating each day. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
Dawn

]]> Comment on Depression Is Not a Dirty Word by Dawn http://awakeningcounseling.com/blog_01/?p=89#comment-43 Dawn Mon, 07 May 2012 16:31:08 +0000 http://awakeningcounseling.com/blog_01/?p=89#comment-43 Hi Lois, I have known others like you as well, who were not depressed during their cancer journey, although they were at other times in their lives. Everyone is so unique. Thanks for your thoughts on this. Dawn Hi Lois,
I have known others like you as well, who were not depressed during their cancer journey, although they were at other times in their lives. Everyone is so unique. Thanks for your thoughts on this.
Dawn

]]> Comment on Depression Is Not a Dirty Word by Lois Hjelmstad http://awakeningcounseling.com/blog_01/?p=89#comment-41 Lois Hjelmstad Mon, 07 May 2012 14:55:58 +0000 http://awakeningcounseling.com/blog_01/?p=89#comment-41 I have had a fair amount of depression in my life. Oddly enough, I was not unusually depressed when I was diagnosed and treated for breast cancer. I suspect that was partly because breast cancer is an accepted diagnosis and people commiserate with it. That is not as true with depression. However, breast cancer certainly is cause for depression, what with it being a life-threatening disease and all. Thank you for a good article. I have had a fair amount of depression in my life. Oddly enough, I was not unusually depressed when I was diagnosed and treated for breast cancer. I suspect that was partly because breast cancer is an accepted diagnosis and people commiserate with it. That is not as true with depression.

However, breast cancer certainly is cause for depression, what with it being a life-threatening disease and all. Thank you for a good article.

]]> Comment on Depression Is Not a Dirty Word by Katy Huth Jones http://awakeningcounseling.com/blog_01/?p=89#comment-40 Katy Huth Jones Mon, 07 May 2012 13:38:38 +0000 http://awakeningcounseling.com/blog_01/?p=89#comment-40 Thank you for covering this topic so honestly! I got depressed during my chemo and my oncologist put me on an anti-depressant for about a year to help me get through it. Having cancer, not matter what the age (though I think it must affect us a little differently when we're still young and raising children) is such a life-changing event, and only other people who have heard those words, "You have cancer," can truly understand the mind-numbing, heart-shattering impact. I'm so grateful to be alive and have learned not to take even one day for granted, but mentally I am forever "scarred." Thank you for covering this topic so honestly! I got depressed during my chemo and my oncologist put me on an anti-depressant for about a year to help me get through it. Having cancer, not matter what the age (though I think it must affect us a little differently when we’re still young and raising children) is such a life-changing event, and only other people who have heard those words, “You have cancer,” can truly understand the mind-numbing, heart-shattering impact. I’m so grateful to be alive and have learned not to take even one day for granted, but mentally I am forever “scarred.”

]]> Comment on Managing the Emotional Rollercoaster of Cancer Part 3: Diving Into the Waves by Dawn http://awakeningcounseling.com/blog_01/?p=62#comment-34 Dawn Tue, 24 Apr 2012 20:27:02 +0000 http://awakeningcounseling.com/blog_01/?p=62#comment-34 Thanks for your comment, Hila. I love your idea about putting your hand over the part of your body you're feeling the emotion. Allowing space for our feelings is so important...they will come and go on their own when we do this. Take care! Thanks for your comment, Hila. I love your idea about putting your hand over the part of your body you’re feeling the emotion. Allowing space for our feelings is so important…they will come and go on their own when we do this. Take care!

]]> Comment on Managing the Emotional Rollercoaster of Cancer Part 3: Diving Into the Waves by Hila http://awakeningcounseling.com/blog_01/?p=62#comment-33 Hila Tue, 24 Apr 2012 20:05:52 +0000 http://awakeningcounseling.com/blog_01/?p=62#comment-33 What a beautiful article. Spirituality, and one- ness & simply being in the NOW is so important. Some of the great key points you mentioned were to just dive into it, be there for your feelings, dont' judge them, and also that we are not actually scared of cancer itself, it's the fear of " how we are going to feel". I love that our feelings will pass and that we need to give it that space that i needs. I've found if I stay with my feeling that I am having (good or bad), I will put a hand over the part of body I'm feeling it in, as I'm supporting it, and the feeling actually becomes gentle. Thank you. What a beautiful article. Spirituality, and one- ness & simply being in the NOW is so important. Some of the great key points you mentioned were to just dive into it, be there for your feelings, dont’ judge them, and also that we are not actually scared of cancer itself, it’s the fear of ” how we are going to feel”. I love that our feelings will pass and that we need to give it that space that i needs. I’ve found if I stay with my feeling that I am having (good or bad), I will put a hand over the part of body I’m feeling it in, as I’m supporting it, and the feeling actually becomes gentle. Thank you.

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