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Just about everyone will be anxious about upcoming and ongoing medical treatments for their breast cancer. Frequently, my patients tell me that during medical treatments, they put their heads down and push through whatever care is needed to beat or control their cancer. During that timeframe, they never cry, but they also rarely laugh. They never start to grieve the life that they thought they would be living before their diagnosis, but they also stop experiencing the joys of their lives. Instead of risking feeling fear and uncertainty, they completely shut themselves down to feeling anything at all. My hope for you is that you choose bravery over inaction — that you allow yourself to feel the hard emotions, even when it is uncomfortable or feels like it will take more energy than you have. If you can do that, and be vulnerable to scary feelings like shock, anger, fear, and worry, you’ll also open yourself up to feeling love, gratitude, joy, and delight — all the best parts of life, and the very reasons to keep on fighting.

Jodi Winicour, PT, CMT, CLT-LANA