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Can the way you think influence your health?

Can the way you think influence your health? It must have an effect on your health, they say there is science behind it to prove it, I believe it does help to think positive. I have noticed living with Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (FAP), and having follow up scopes every 3, 6, or 9 months effects a person, you have a feeling of not being in control of your future, or what it may hold for you. I guess I kind of knew it all these past 45 years, but found some ways to deal with it, some good and some not so good. I made decisions a lot of the time to do things that made me happy, sacrificed some opportunities, I made lots of mistakes, or just ran away from situations.
 
My current therapist helped me start to realize what I have been doing and how to deal with a future I feel I can’t control. She pointed out that I had made it to this point by doing just what I talked about above. I can’t control what will happen, but I can make choices, and decisions that help me, and get me over the tough things in life. Not sure anyone or even my self understands why I do or did somethings.

I made it through the Whipple Surgery, a long complicated recovery, and maybe I did because I wanted to return to a happy, healthy and active life. Yes I can’t control the cells that are growing, forming polyps, and maybe changing, but I can try my best to stay positive. I still have really bad days where it’s hard to get out of the negative funk, that’s when I have work the hardest. Sometimes something simple like a random dance party in my tiny home works, or sitting and watching the birds at the feeders. Getting out in nature on my bike or by foot can make me realize how lucky I truly am. No Idea what the future holds for me, but I am going to keep plugging along, and do my best to stay positive, it really has helped me. Cheers


 
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