Understanding cancer enables you to better cope with the reality of your diagnosis. If you feel overwhelmed at this point, know that is completely normal.
“I thought my travel exhaustion had brought on very bad flu or pneumonia, or some kind of chest illness, perhaps set off by the Shanghai pollution,” she says. Though it was winter,she was sweating so badly she had to change her pyjamas and move to the dry side of her bed...
“Cancer is furthermore a deal-breaker for relationships,” Laurie says. “The pressure brings the fault lines and strengths in any relationship into sharp focus.”
“Once the emotion settled I got more pragmatic and, in a strange way, I was quite motivated to deal with it. I decided I was going to throw everything I had at it - a positive attitude plus all that modern medicine, homeopathy and naturopathy had to offer.”
