Lots of threads on here all the time about cancer. Both my parents suffered from cancer. My mom had a double mastectomy in the early 90s. She had bone cancer 3 other times in her left jaw. Her last stint was in her left lung. She passed away 2 1/2 yrs ago. Not from cancer though as she had other ailments.
My dad had prostate cancer 25 yrs ago. He is still kicking at 78. My MIL is in the later part of stage 4 cancer as I write this. Nothing more that can be done. They are just going day by day and month by month. She suffered from breast cancer as well.
Read it and you can decide for yourself. Cancer sucks. I can see where some of it plays a major role in hyping a person up to try and beat the disease. I think at some point you have to realize there is no more that can be done.
“’Fight’ and ‘battle’ means that you can either win or lose,” he says, adding that “journey” and “survivor” can also be controversial. “If you think about it, who are the other survivors that we talk about other than cancer survivors?” Saria says. “You don’t talk about someone being a diabetes survivor or a stroke survivor.”
It’s often patients in palliative care who struggle with this terminology the most, Martha Aschenbrenner, licensed professional counselor with the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, tells Yahoo Lifestyle. “The idea of a battle always has a sense of personal responsibility and accountability,” she points out. “For a lot of people, they feel like it puts the onus on them to survive their cancer.”
When it comes to helping people figure out how to mentally grapple with a cancer diagnosis, Aschenbrenner says she often asks the patient to define the terminology they’re comfortable with using. “I ask people, ‘What does this feel like to you?’” she says. A lot depends on a person’s stage of life and their generational perspective. Those who are older tend to look at it as a battle, while younger people typically view cancer as something they have to learn to live with, Aschenbrenner says.
My dad had prostate cancer 25 yrs ago. He is still kicking at 78. My MIL is in the later part of stage 4 cancer as I write this. Nothing more that can be done. They are just going day by day and month by month. She suffered from breast cancer as well.
Read it and you can decide for yourself. Cancer sucks. I can see where some of it plays a major role in hyping a person up to try and beat the disease. I think at some point you have to realize there is no more that can be done.
“’Fight’ and ‘battle’ means that you can either win or lose,” he says, adding that “journey” and “survivor” can also be controversial. “If you think about it, who are the other survivors that we talk about other than cancer survivors?” Saria says. “You don’t talk about someone being a diabetes survivor or a stroke survivor.”
It’s often patients in palliative care who struggle with this terminology the most, Martha Aschenbrenner, licensed professional counselor with the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, tells Yahoo Lifestyle. “The idea of a battle always has a sense of personal responsibility and accountability,” she points out. “For a lot of people, they feel like it puts the onus on them to survive their cancer.”
When it comes to helping people figure out how to mentally grapple with a cancer diagnosis, Aschenbrenner says she often asks the patient to define the terminology they’re comfortable with using. “I ask people, ‘What does this feel like to you?’” she says. A lot depends on a person’s stage of life and their generational perspective. Those who are older tend to look at it as a battle, while younger people typically view cancer as something they have to learn to live with, Aschenbrenner says.
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