During your most difficult moments in dealing with your breast cancer discovery and treatment, what kept you going?

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Support Team, Support, Emotional Support, Breast Cancer

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DebbieWoodbury (Survivor (2 - 5 years)) - 07 / 20 / 2011

When I was actually going through the diagnostic and treatment phases, I kept going by sheer force of will. I just needed to get through it, especially for my husband and children. After my mastectomy, however, the emotional fallout was overwhelming. Luckily, my cancer center offered free oncology therapy, which I committed to on a weekly basis for approximately a year. I don’t know how I could have processed it all without the help of my wonderful therapists. Without their help dealing with cancer’s losses, I never could have eventually recognized cancer’s gifts. It was that therapy, in conjunction with the support of my family and friends, that brought me to a better place of healing.

Fsechzer (other) - 07 / 20 / 2011

Getting through treatment and after it was very challenging emotionally. Unfortunately conventional psychotherapy didn't provide much relief. There were several tools that very life savers for me: meditation and guided imagery, and Rational Behavior Therapy. Faina.

member5199 (Survivor (10 - 20 years)) - 11 / 21 / 2011

I knew I had no choice but to keep going. One day at a time. The hardest part for me was not so much the cancer treatment, but what happened after the chemotherapy and radiation were over. I had emotional problems coping with life after cancer and trying to pick up the pieces and go on.

Therapy, art, music, guided imagery, and exercise have all helped me immensely.

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