
https://feminismandreligion.com/2023/03/30/breath-part-2-by-beth-bartlett/
And… breathe…
I experienced panic attacks during my experience with cancer.
In hindsight I can see that I had maybe two or three episodes that could maybe have qualified as panic attacks previous to my cancer diagnosis at age 51.
However, they were a regular occurrence through the cancer experience.
Thursday 03rd June 2021 – the worst meltdown
I gradually came to reframe them.
Tuesday 18th May 2021 (Cancer Journal 6)
That helped.
I also used both medication, meditation, breath control, and CBT techniques – all of which helped.
My friends helped – especially those with lived experience. They shared their thoughts and strategies.
I still experience a lot of anxiety and the occasional heightened state, but they have become less and less over time, for which I am grateful.
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- Wednesday 14th July 2021 (Cancer Journal 11)
- Sunday 11th July 2021 (Cancer Journal 10)
- Monday 05th July 2022 (Cancer Journal 9)
- Monday 21st June 2021 – Surgery Date (Cancer Journal 8)
- Plaster Cast
- Thursday 03rd June 2021 – the worst meltdown
- Sunday 30th May 2021: Cancer – telling your colleagues
- Friday 28th May 2021 (Cancer Journal 7)
- Friday 28th May 2021 Plastic Surgeon
- Wednesday 26th May 2021 Cancer Clinic
- Tuesday 25th May 2021 Left Breast Diagnosis
- Friday 21st May 2021: Biopsy, Left Breast
- Tuesday 18th May (Cancer Journal 6)
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- Saturday 15th May 2021 (Cancer Journal 5)
- Wednesday 12th May 2021 (Cancer Journal 4)
- Friday 07th May 2021 (Cancer Journal 3)
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- Sunday, 02nd May 2021 (Cancer Journal 2)
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- Facebook post
- How to tell people you have cancer.
- Diagnosis
- Deciding strategies
- The Camus Question of Choice
- The Follow-up Tests
- The phone call.
- Milestones
- Check your breasts
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