She stood on the sidewalk, wearing pink pajamas and holding her
IV pole while she smoked a cigarette and talked on her cell phone. I was heading home and riding by Texas
Children’s hospital, and quickly realized she was just a kid. Fighting a disease at any age is tough and can
be very stressful. The helplessness,
anger, and fear we feel can keep our fight-or-flight stress response turned on,
overexposing us to stress hormones that disrupt body processes and disable our
natural self-repair systems. How do I
cope with my cancer journey? First, I
had to admit stress exists! Then I
started carving out time in my day to practice stress-reducing strategies that
work for me. Take charge of your stress!
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