Learning to Breathe (Again)
In 1990 I had a challenging job at a big brand, an amazing two-year-old daughter and loving family, and both lungs.
Less than two years later, I had lost two-thirds of my right lung to a rapidly growing tumor and my father died suddenly at 64 as a result of an aortic aneurism. Three years ago I lost my younger brother at 58 to cancer. I never used to talk or write about my losses. It felt indulgent and self-pitying.. I had ignored my own symptoms while building my career and until my lung collapsed, I refused to believe I had a problem.
Although much of that happened years ago, the lessons I learned have stuck with me. When I become too consumed with stress, deadlines, and people who sweat the small stuff, I teleport myself back to my days in the ICU. I look at my fading “wraparound scar” and remind myself that without one’s health none of the rest really matters and that we should savor every day.
But perhaps even more important, I think about that little plastic device and how it helped me heal. Learning to breathe again after any loss is possible — and necessary.
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