Feeling Anxious After Your Melanoma Diagnosis?
Melanoma International Foundation
by Catherine Poole
5y ago
It is absolutely normal to be upset when you are told you have melanoma. Whether early stage or advanced, your brain signals you are having a life threatening event. Your body then goes into a fight or flight state. I know it well. It happened to me when I was diagnosed with melanoma and had a breast cancer scare. When my husband was diagnosed with a terminal illness, I sat mute staring at the neurologist with full panic in my body, wanting to flee the room. A stressful situation can trigger a cascade of stress hormones that can make the heart pound and cause irregular breathing. Muscles cont ..read more
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