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October 14, 2005How to come to terms with a disappointing diagnosis
Being able to cope with a diagnosis from a doctor is as much about expectation as anything else. In my case, a sense of uneasiness had been haunting me for a long time. But that diagnosis was nonetheless a life-altering event for me. And to some extent, like most people, I went through the five stages of grief theorized by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross in her 1969 book, "On Death and Dying."...MORE...Scripps Howard News Service
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