contemplation...

...  when the plan was made to start  chemo and radiation treatment all those months ago, a psycho-oncologist was included as part of the 'team'.
'Oooooo no', said I  backing off at a thousand miles an hour. This science brain could put everything in a box and sort things as time trudged on.

However I did decide to start seeing T after one long session of eight hours of infusions, twitchy legs and feeling very grumpy.
It has proved so very worthwhile offering a contemplative hour of working through aspects of cancer, treatment and the life beyond with a very attentive listener (and  handy box of tissues)!
Today was the final visit to see T before she goes on long leave...but she will be back should needs arise.
Thanks T.

'Psycho-oncology is a field of interdisciplinary study and practice at the intersection of lifestyle, psychology and oncology. It is concerned with aspects of cancer that go beyond medical treatment and include lifestyle, psychological and social aspects of cancer. Sometimes it is also referred to as psychosocial oncology or behavioral oncology because it deals with psychosocial and behavioral topics. The field is concerned both with the effects of cancer on a person's psychological health as well as the social and behavioral factors that may affect the disease process of cancer and/or the remission of it'