Hi Scott!
I, too am a Stage IV CC survivor. was diagnosed at age 37 in mar '04. Been through3 or4 chemo regimins and a month of radiation. still having chemo tx's weekly here in So. CAL. Scott, what I found to help tremendously is my sense of humor. You have to laugh! you have to live!
A game I play is to find humor in every sucky situation. My husband is my biggest support and he makes me laugh so hard, I leak!
I can honestly say, the laughter brought me though some pretty hard times. sometimes its harder than others to find the humorous, but it's there.
I found this "Attitude" saying on the web. I read it often. it has helped not only me, but others w/ their everyday life. I hope you get as much out of it as I do.
ATTITUDE
"The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than the past, then education, then money, than circumstances, than failures and successes, than what other people think say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company...a church...a home.
The remarkable thing is we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past.. we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude... I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it. And so it is with you. we are in charge of our attitudes."
...anonymous