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My name is Kenneth Smith and I've been living with cancer for over four years now. As you know, there are many different cancers of course with many levels of severity. Mine is Stage Four Prostate Cancer.
I'll be honest, I've had a lot of difficult times with my disease, but through it all I was determined to live with cancer on my terms. I would do whatever I could to make my day to day life as best as possible under the circumstances.
I made this decision, not just for me, but also for my wife who has been my caregiver every step of the way, and I know how hard all this this has been on her, so anything I can do to ease her stress and worry I will do.
Over the years, I developed a number of ways to make my bad days better whenever possible. I now want to share these with you in the hole that they will help you as well.
Before we continue, I need you to understand that I am not a doctor, medical professional, psychologist or therapist in any field related to health or well being. I am just a patient, probably very much like yourself. Please know that everything in this book comes directly from my own personal experience and is not conjecture in any way. In other words, please consider my comments and opinions as if you’re listening to a trusted friend, and not a trained medical professional. I will share with you what has worked to improve my life but I will stop there and leave the healing to the folks that actually know how to heal.
Please do not expect this book to cure whatever issues and ailments you are struggling with. It will not. I do not talk about medications, treatments or speculative healing practices, real or otherwise. However, what I hope to do is give you the tools to control and manage your own journey, with the goal of helping you turn your bad days into better days.
During my personal journey through a medical minefield of tests, treatments and new realities, I continue to try and understand what I am capable of and what I am not. This can be a very hard pill to swallow at times.
Probably the greatest epiphany I have had, is the importance in the belief and self-confidence that I will get through each obstacle on my way to hopefully regaining some of my old life back. I’ve found it is more important to focus on today and let any concerns about tomorrow wait until tomorrow. In other words, I maintain the attitude that I don’t have a problem, until I have a problem.
So with that said, I would like to offer you my collection of tips, techniques and practices that have improved my life as a cancer patient.
If you have any questions or comments I invite you to email me by completing the "Questions or Comments" field located in the Top-Right corner of this Blog
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