I want to affirm how I am going to handle myself during these times.
- I want to be a good patient and avoid being too cranky, negative and mean.
- I will focus on being positive about the prognosis.
- Engaged about my health and course of treatment.
- Be grateful and thankful for the support of my husband. Don't take him for granted. Cherish his support. Love and embrace all that he gives me.
- Appreciate the concerns and well wishes from friends and family.
- Eat healthy, stay as active as I can, and get enough sleep.
- Take responsibility for my situation and illness/condition and how I emotionally respond to it.
- Consciously create courage to actively confront and experience my illness/condition head on.
- Be willing to acknowledge the fact that recovery isn't the same as returning to pre-sickness health levels. Things change and adaptation is part of life.
- Don't give up.
- Don't despair if recovery comes... and then goes.
- Visualize being well.
- Stop frightening myself with scary terminology. Know it but don't abuse it and beat myself up with it.
- I will remember that a body has an amazing ability to adapt to physical changes.
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