I often think about how we respond to fear with either a fight, flight, or freeze response. I can immediately identify when I go in freeze mode. My heart drops. My breath gets caught. My chest constricts. My jaw clenches. I pass a Baylor Scott & White…freeze. I see a post about cancer recurrence…freeze. I …
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Scanxiety
Scanxiety is defined as “the stress and anxiety that cancer patients feel when waiting for scans and the results of those scans.” I joke about the slang with my cancer community but at the end of the day, when I’m laying in bed and counting down the days until I have to go in for …
The "Good" Cancer 