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When serious illness destroys your sense of control and future planning

Before cancer I was someone who planned everything and controlled my environment and now I cannot seem to care about planning anything because I know how quickly it can all change.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Mortality makes mockery of the illusions of control that once organized your entire approach to living.

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