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Originally Posted by orion5
I know this sounds strange, but it seems to me like a huge blessing, not curse. Like you (and Lance), they become focused, extremely productive, and have a great perspective about not sweating the small stuff.
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Yeah - don't sweat the petty stuff and don't pet the sweaty stuff is a farily good rule to live by.  On a more serious note - you can live your life identifying yourself as a survivor - or you can drive on and have that be a minor facet of who you are - I've met a lot of patients that can't move past the cancer experience - part of my ongoing mission is to help with this.
Rdret1 - Good to hear your sister is doing well after trasnplant and secondary cancer. She must be one incredible lady.
Thank you all for the kind words. I took my 2 minutes of reflection on the drive in and then got back to work.
On a neat "coincidental" side note - my first day overseeing the inpatient bone marrow transplant unit is the same day that my wife's book is released. 
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