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How to live with uncertainty after serious illness

I am in remission but I cannot plan anything more than a week ahead because what if it comes back.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Medical trauma can collapse our relationship with the future, trapping us in a perpetual present of vigilant waiting.

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“Where Are You with Acute illness and recovery?”

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