Cancer is a Roller-coaster

Everyone reacts differently to hearing the words "you have cancer", but for most people it is a crazy mix of emotions. These emotions seem to happen in waves, at other times the emotions seem to come all at once, but one thought seems to always stick with you, "Am I going to die?" This thought is the one that rushes to the fore-front of your brain. The worst possible scenarios crash through your mind, followed by horror stories of people who have had cancer or died from cancer. Fear and loneliness seem to take you to a spiraling drop towards the unknown. 
A second thought, is the constant worry . . . not so much worrying about yourself, but for your family.
The unknown terrifies all of us. The cure for this is knowledge. Knowledge is power, it also brings a crest of ease, but sometimes it brings fear.
In order to find true peace, one must come to the fact that all of us will die at some point. Nobody knows when, or how they are going to leave this world.
The best way to cope with the emotional roller-coaster ride is to make goals, and then take each day, minute by minute, hour by hour.