Everyday living........how do you all cope?

I have been sitting here wondering how each and every one of youl cope with the everyday stress and strain of living with cancer or caring for partners, parents, children, family and friends, I am interesting to find out how you do it? I am sure others would appreciate reading your stories also. For instance, our family and friends praise us on our attitude to all that is happening at the moment and cannot understand how we are keeping so upbeat, our answer to this is: . If we were down and in deep despair, how many people would want to keep in touch with us on a regular basis? . If 'doldrums' is a treatment side effect...get help or give help! . Go online, help others needing support on one of their 'doldrum' days! . Go online asking help from others on one of our 'doldrum' days! . Check our stress level everyday....the sherry bottle is still half full since we opened it in October 09 on diagnosis day! . Keep cool, calm and collected (easier some days than others I know) . Nothing has happened yet! We are dealing with it...a day at a time! . Could be sitting here watching telly, unaware of what is going on in his body! Perish this thought!! But everyone on here has their own way of dealing with stuff! Some like to know the nitty gritties and ins and outs of everything, some laugh through it, some have phobias to conquer and some just survive having lost their soul mates (they are the brave ones) Please add your opinion to this blog. Cherryl and Peter