MANAGEABLE
man·age·a·ble (măn′ĭ-jə-bəl) adj. Capable of being managed or controlled: manageable problems My cancer diagnosis and the following processes happened in manageable pieces. Every week I was getting new information, so in between news I had time to digest. An earthquake hit my life on October 4 2016 when I was diagnosed and every piece of news subsequently was like an aftershock; a tremor that rocked me but not as strong as the first big diagnosis. I am grateful that I got information piece by piece. In hindsight I see how I was able to handle things 1 week at a time and brace for each appointment and phone call (see MY CANCER TIMELINE ). I was surrounded by family and friends that held me up, literally and figuratively. I was angry but I had to keep things in my life manageable. I keep coming back to that word, manageable. It’s important to me to keep to a routine. When I was younger I described myse