Holding you close, Sandra..and when you get down, or panicky, just think of us all 'out here' thinking about you and willing you to get better. Slow the breathing down, and take yourself 'somewhere else'

Take your favourite music in with you and get your mind to focus on the part of the world you love best, outside that hospital. Lie there planning what you're going to do when you get well again, then write those things down in a list, and be determined to do some of them when you're once more back home and well.

Re-direct your thoughts to somewhere you *really* want to be and then...just go there in your mind's eye.

And smile..you'll soon be well again, and scars fade in time...scars of all sorts.

Sunshine and Smiles, that's what you focus on.