tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19802617.post7830529802958771733..comments2024-01-17T04:14:40.892-05:00Comments on A Pastor's Cancer Diary: December 11, 2006 - Following the StarCarlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00540884672406337833noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19802617.post-17346048355066393682006-12-20T09:33:00.000-05:002006-12-20T09:33:00.000-05:00Hainan,
Unless you've been involved in some risky...Hainan,<br /><br />Unless you've been involved in some risky behavior like smoking, that's clearly linked to cancer, I would encourage you to try not to blame yourself for getting sick (and even then, that wouldn't be the only cause). Many of us have a tendency to self-blame, that's not based on reality. From everything I've read about cancer, its causes are very often mysterious. Sure, there's some suggestion from the researchers that mental state may do something to influence the immune system, and make us more vulnerable in some cases, but there's no one who can say that with certainty. Many cancers, in fact, seem to result from flaws programmed into our genes from birth - it's bad luck if that applies to us, of course, but there's nothing we can do about it.<br /><br />Merry Christmas to you, too!Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00540884672406337833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19802617.post-8340702096190361672006-12-19T13:36:00.000-05:002006-12-19T13:36:00.000-05:00Typical of a psychologist to kindof say that I got...Typical of a psychologist to kindof say that I got my cancer because of myself... So that makes it my own fault, so nobody should bother, cased closed? <br /><br />Like you said yourself: as soon as cancer hits you, you start thinking differenty. For me I feel that I got my cancer for something that I eat or breath... they cannot see my primary cancer, as similar as I cannot see what I ate or inhaled to get it. <br /><br />Happy Xmas!<br /><br />SK,<br />Drp by to give me a big hug,<br />maybe you can squeeze the cancer out!<br /><a href="http://www.metastaticlivercancer.org">Metastatic Liver Cancer</a>Linky Lovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00741181762406927672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19802617.post-51624295102419629812006-12-11T12:16:00.000-05:002006-12-11T12:16:00.000-05:00I vote for hanging lights . . . after all, it's yo...I vote for hanging lights . . . after all, it's your day off! And it's Advent! I finally hung my wreath last evening, and I'll dust off the nativity set Do gave me last year that is too nice to put away . . . it's always there in the living room. Interestingly, I note that, although it has its own cluster of stars, the symbols directly above it on the wall are a dove of peace and 2 angels. Wonder which one I should be following? RobinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com