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- Schedule tests to get results soonest
- Use relaxation techniques.
- Keep busy.
- Use your mind to reframe what is happening
- Keep a balance In your life.
- Use whatever techniques helped get you through past stressful periods
- Include activities that make you feel good.
- Include activities that keep your attention.
- Take advantage of your support systems.
- Research your condition if it helps.
- Take care of yourself. Talk to your doctor if you need help sleeping.
- Enlist the help of a higher power.
- Live In the moment.
- Ask that you be given test results as soon as possible
- Exercise.
- Listen to soothing music either under the guidance of a therapist or on your own
- Try to think positively. Recognize negative thoughts and try to change them.
- Don't make rash decisions or open the spending spigot irrationally.
- Watch for signs of depression.
- Keep In mind that symptoms and side effects such as pain, fatigue and nausea can be controlled.
How To Cope With Waiting For An Appointment Or Test Results
Include activities that make you feel good.
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For example:
- Take some time in nature.
- Sing an inspiring song.
- Laugh. (To learn how to bring humor into your life, click here.)
- Do something productive that you can feel good about. Even if it's as simple as painting a wall in your bedroom, or darning those socks you keep in the drawer, or rearranging your filing system so you'll actually be able to find things.
If you haven't already, this is the perfect time to create your List of Instructions to help you keep your life in order, or your list indicating where you've stored your important documents.
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