I was recently faced with a waiting period also, not knowing if I had a life-threatening illness.
I worried. A lot. And I noticed, in my mind, that I paid a lot more attention to what was going on around me, I hugged my honey more, spent more time talking to my mom, baked a lot more, spent more time doing things I LOVE.
I just found out today that it isn't in the cancerous stage, just precancerous, and a simple procedure will make it go away. Yay