Are We Our Own Healers?

As I sat in the waiting room at the dermatologist’s office today, I thought about how much our attitude affects our health and our healing process. I was diagnosed with melanoma just over 10 years ago at my very first appointment with a dermatologist. I had made the appointment under the plea of my mother who had been heavily suggesting a check up for the past few years. I was young — in my 20s — and thought I was the queen of health and surely invincible. That particular appointment back in 1997 showed me otherwise…