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    When Life Hands You a Diagnosis— How to Receive, Accept, and Keep Living (and Laughing)

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    Doctor with crossed arms delivering a difficult diagnosis; illness

    How do you keep living when you receive a difficult diagnosis? Suppose for a moment that your body was a house, and one day, you found a crack…

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    What to do With a Difficult Diagnosis

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    When you have received a difficult diagnosis it is normal to find yourself in a twilight zone of confusion and fear as you struggle to come to terms.

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