Fear of dying, iin?
recently..this week, been diagnoised with end stage lung cancer..petrified of dying..need answers. thank you.
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recently..this week, been diagnoised with end stage lung cancer..petrified of dying..need answers. thank you.
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Apart from spending time with people or animals that you love, or enjoying the wonders of nature, i cannot think of a better way to pass your time.
Dont be frightended, we can all die at any time, and you were not frightened before.
Take solace in that you will continue to live, in the genes of your relatives. Its been a wonderful time here, and your ready for the next leg of the journey!
Safe journey (p.s. my father is in the same boat with you, and he is also a nurse but retired)
Don't worry. I don't know what happens to us when we die, but I know that we don't just cease to exist.
You might not even die. Who knows? Stay positive and don't be afraid of dying. If you do die your soul will live on, as Einstein said; "Energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can only be changed from one form to another".
Take care :)
Thank you anonymous Canada for taking the time to reply to my post. In answer to your smoking question..YES..I'm a smoker and a Nurse! But must say it is still a surprise..for somehow the nature of the beast is to project..always the other person, this won't happen to me, it's the other person...be it a safety mechanism within to deny I do not know..I do know knowledge of smoking and etc, has not made this any easier for me..for yes, now it is my turn and I am frightened..smoker or not. Thank you again...
your lung cancer is indeed unfortunate however, this is life, people die and now its your turn (sorry if i offend you im really not trying to) to have a fear of dying is completely normal, it is ingrained in us as living beings to want to live, hence the panic you feel when you stay underwater just a little too long, or the way the hair stands up on the back of your neck when you feel you might be in danger. so it is normal, very irrational however seeing as fearing it wont make the situation any better. but now there is something i would like to know, some background info if you will. i would like to know if you are a smoker or if you used to smoke. if so then i'm not saying you deserve lung cancer but all im saying is that you shouldnt be surprised if you were not a smoker at any point in your life then i do believe your situation is quite unfortunate and i do in spite of the fact that this will not help you in any way, give to you my sympathies.
I'm very sorry to hear that. I can't imagine how terrifying this must be for you. I hope that you can find the strength within yourself to never give up hope and to come to terms with your illness and fight and never give up fighting.
I'm sure there are people in your life such as family that would want nothing more than to see you battling the odds and staying optimistic that you can beat this! Remember-you have cancer; but the cancer does not have you.
Thank You for your sensitive & caring reply..Bleach2476(606606)..Family is another part of this devastating blow..I have no Family to speak of really..my husband..god love him..but only child of mine and I are a broken unit for a while now..she does not know and I do not want her with this knowledge..in the process of a verbal argument past month & half ago..she called via phone and wished me..death..how ironic..now I'm adult and smart enough to realize this diagnosis certainly was not cursed or caused because of this..but what kind of child would or could even bring them selves to say such a thing to their parent/mother?..die, die, die..she said, I wish you were dead!!..last words in my ears and etched in my mind forever (hu!! whatever my forever is now1) I wasen't even sick at the time..have been living with emphesema..but managing it..until three weeks ago ..respiratory infection so severe..needed to have a chest x-ray which is how this tumor was found..for it was not there on my last x-ray one year and a half ago! and this is why I am so angry..if i've been living with this growing within, for all this time..why? why? darn it why? did I need to find out now..at end stage?..sorry this reply is so lengthly..forgive me..obviously along with my fears..I haven't had anyone to really talk to about the 'whhole' situation and unfortunately..you were the one who had to be in the line of my fire..lol, by your wonderful caring message. thank you..my invisible friend:)
Eventually every1's going to die so don't panic cuz of ur decease just live happily and always be optimistic. When people with deadly deceases are happy their time expands. I'm have a decease too but it's not a deadly one just quite bad and I know how it is to be sick so I kinda understand how you feel...... :(
thank you care-free..and best of the future for you struggling with your own disease/illness..you sound happy..which is a great thing..stay that way and do not change..people such as myself..need people such as yourself..to try to keep us up-beat..'people need people'
could someone..somehow..help me with some answers?..I was raised a catholic, assumed I had all their 'beliefs' within me...but obvious not for I would not be left with this horrid feeling of when I die...where do I go? will I know what is happening? omg..I'm frightened beyond words..and ironicaly..have been a nurse for 20 years?? loving,caring and taking my patients & their families to the end of their..'BEING'..now I can't help myself..just sit here and look at the clock..wondering when? how? I'm literally holding my own death watch..pleeeeease someone find me some comfort..thankyou so much.