AfterShock [antikvár]

INTRODUCTIONWhen I think about what it was like getting a devastating diagnosis, I have a picture of these two full grocery carts coming toward each other at top speed. They collide at full force and then in slow motion, all the vegetablesthe cantaloupe, the eggs, the apples, and the breadgo flying into the air. And I'm just watchinghelpless to prevent the collision, helpless to save the groceries. But eventually, slowly they fall: the eggs shatter, the bread is smashedit is such a mess.That is what it was like for me hearing that I have a disease that will rob me of my independenceand maybe my lifewithin the year. Time seemed to stop and it was as though I was looking through a window: watching the doctors talking, my wife responding, people on the street going about their lives. I was frozen. Laterthe next day, I thinkwhat this meant began to sink in: the end of my future, the end of our plans.And then my heart broke.Eli, 28bankerrriHis IS A BOOK ABOUT what you must do to take care of X yourself while your heart is breaking.Receiving bad health news sparks great personal upheaval. Some people rage against the unfairness, others wither from sadness. Some people lose their faith, others find it. Some are torn between their fear of pain and their fear of death. Families are wracked by the threat of loss. It is a time when nothing is certain and the future looks dark.And in the midst of this anguish, each one of us, irrespective of diagnosiscancer, ALS, HIV/AIDS, Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosiswill by necessity undertake a number of tasks to care for ourselves that we have probably never done before but that can have an important impact on the lives of everyone involved.We will:Respond to the shockLearn about the condition and its treatmentsDecide whether to involve others