{"id":2873,"date":"2017-12-13T02:10:26","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T02:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.cancerhopenetwork.org\/?p=2873"},"modified":"2023-11-16T11:37:18","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T16:37:18","slug":"my-attitude-adjustment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cancerhopenetwork.org\/blog\/my-attitude-adjustment\/","title":{"rendered":"My attitude adjustment","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cancerhopenetwork.org\/support\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cancerhopenetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/match-me2.jpg?w=800&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"match me\" class=\"wp-image-2328\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><em>Read more about Mary&#8217;s&nbsp;cancer journey&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.cancerhopenetwork.org\/2017\/01\/14\/hopelight-spotlight-marys-story\/\">HERE&nbsp;<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.cancerhopenetwork.org\/2017\/08\/14\/lifestyle-diet-and-exercise-after-cancer\/\">HERE<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I don&#8217;t know anyone diagnosed with cancer who wasn&#8217;t angry, disturbed, fearful, negative, frustrated,&#8230;at some point in their journey. I was so inwardly upset and stressed shortly after my cancer diagnosis, I went to urgent care a few days later with severe spasms in my neck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What did I do with my negative feelings? I did not want them to lead to a sense of hopeless despair. My years of working in the nursing profession showed me the differences in people, how they handled their illnesses\/injuries and how their attitudes affected their recoveries or how they lived with a chronic condition.<br><br>Following is a list of things that helped &#8220;adjust my attitude&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Early in my cancer journey, I had a few good friends who were cancer survivors, who stood by my side and gave me a great deal of encouragement.&nbsp; My husband was extremely supportive as well.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Later I joined a women&#8217;s cancer support group, an amazing group of ladies who made me realize I was not alone as our feelings and experiences were shared in confidence.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>My spiritual faith played a huge part in giving me strength I never knew I had. Prayer was very comforting to me, both my own prayer and knowing that others were praying for me. Many times my prayers consisted of only one word: either &#8220;help&#8221; or &#8220;thanks.&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I sought peace and solace in the outdoors, hiking and kayaking, sometimes with others and other times alone. There are times when I cherish solitude.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>After my cancer treatments I joined a survivor&#8217;s group called DEFEAT cancer, which continued to give me hope, knowledge and the fighting-cancer attitude. I met many amazing people through this supportive group.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I still get angry at cancer, at times, when I learn that a friend or loved one has been diagnosed.&nbsp; I let &#8220;cancer&#8221; know how I feel, by expressing my anger at the disease, like just yelling &#8220;I HATE CANCER&#8221; and having a good cry.&nbsp; I am not the type of person who yells very often, but it&#8217;s amazing how this helps me.&nbsp; Once I get the anger off my chest I can call on that person and support them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2874\" style=\"background-color: initial; text-align: center;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cancerhopenetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/mary-k-kayak.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"mary k kayak\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\"  data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><br>A kayak and a pole &#8211; one of life&#8217;s best attitude adjustments.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ditching the bad attitude when cancer comes calling.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"author":16,"featured_media":8735,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[78],"tags":[189,107,190,191],"post_folder":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.11 (Yoast SEO v21.8) - 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