Melissa explained how she used visualization when undergoing chemotherapy.
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One of the other things was I did a lot of visualization and one of the things that I did with visualization was when I had the tumour removed. I actually had visualized that that was all the cancer that was in my body and that was what was coming out. After my surgery, I actually considered myself to be cancer-free. I just really focused on the fact that chemotherapy was a preventative measure and that this was really going to… any stragglers that were kind of left around they were going to be disintegrated. That was kind of my approach and that was, I think one of the ways that made dealing with chemo a little bit easier. I think it definitely was up there with how I dealt with it.
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