The Power of a Support System
You will find you are most empowered when you first tell people about your disease, and then work with people you trust to build a support system. Your support system will include anyone you want.
You may build several support teams. One example may be your family and your partner. Another may include your healthcare providers, and still another other breast cancer survivors and fighters. When you tell other people about your disease, you send a subconscious message to you mind acknowledging the disease.
You do not however, have to send a message of defeat. Many studies have investigated the power of visualization and prayer in combating chronic disease states including cancer. Most suggest with positive reinforcement and positive visualization, most patients recover much faster, or at the very minimum cope with treatment better than people that simply succumb to some "predetermined fate" they perceive.
You see, when it comes to cancer of any kind, there are no one hundred percent right or wrongs. There is only hope. And, as long as you have hope, and build hope, and surround yourself with people to infuse you with hope when you feel down, you are going to feel the best you can during your treatment and after recovery.
Make sure you take time to share your positive and negative experiences with people. This is where a support group that has other people with breast cancer may come in handy. Lean on people that know what you are going through, so you do not have to cope with the fear and anxiety that accompany breast cancer or any disease alone.
You can also help others feel comfortable by letting them know there are no right or wrong answers, prayers or words. Sometimes, the very knowledge that someone is there to support you is all you need to feel your best and conquer breast cancer.
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