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When I moved to California, I still worked with some of my clients over the telephone and saw people in person on visits to New Jersey. For the two weeks during the surgery and recovery, I did not have any client telephone consultations. And, I did not return to New Jersey to celebrate Christmas with my family that year or work with clients. I could not tell my clients about the breast cancer because I did not want them to worry about me. I lied and said I would not be back for my December visit because I was attending a workshop around the Christmas holidays.

Looking back, I can see the benefits of my being diagnosed and treated in California. I would not have wanted an active psycho-therapy practice while going through this. I had all the time I needed to heal with few responsibilities. I guess there was a divine order to things. I felt lonely, but I was free of responsibilities and did not have to explain anything to anyone. I did tell my clients about the breast cancer when I saw them during my April visit to New Jersey in 2001, and they were all shocked. One client said, “If it can happen to you, it can happen to anybody.” I do not know how true that is, but I do believe being on HRT the way I was taking it for ten years contributed to my getting breast cancer.