cancer dilemma
@elideligentness (4)
Philippines
September 28, 2010 12:31pm CST
Have you ever experience a love one suffering from illness called "cancer"? Whatever type or stage it may be.. Isn't it really awful and worrisome to hear that one of these people near you have it?
Though nowadays.. medical doctors have been promoting some of their known cure for this disease -- radiation therapy, chemotherapy and even surgery.. yet no hundred percent guarantee that a patient will be healed.
Truly its painful for those people around a cancer patient seeing the dilemma of their love one..while struggling for this illness.. But If you were in their shoe, how are you going to deal with it? How about if you the cancer patient.. how do you want this people around treat you?
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@owlwings (43915)
• Cambridge, England
28 Sep 10
I am a cancer patient. I have been living with it for 16 years. I have treatments that have kept it in check and at one point I was nearly declared free from it but it has returned. There are many different kinds of cancer and, provided they are caught in the early stages, most of them can be completely cured.
I want to be able to live a normal life and I do not want anyone to treat me any different from the way they would normally. I get embarrassed and angry if people treat me as if I'm an invalid or about to die or something. If and when I do become unable to manage for myself, I shall of course ask for whatever help I need but until then I need no sympathy or "Oh, I'm so sorry ..." said with an apologetic tone. We all have to die sooner or later. If my time is sooner rather than later, that's just the way it is. There's no point in being sorry about it and I think that it's better for everyone to know before hand so that they can prepare themselves and come to terms with it.
@elideligentness (4)
• Philippines
29 Sep 10
Wow.. you're a strong and courageous man I should say.. I admire the way you see life and the way you treated it. I wish you all the best and thank you for a wonderful response. God Bless
@LaurenInLA (2270)
• United States
28 Sep 10
I have personal experience with this issue. My son was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2003. There is nothing that can stop the family and loved ones from worrying but you have to keep a positive attitude for the sake of the patient. We immersed ourselves in learning everything that we could about the disease and treated him as normally as possible. My son lost his battle with this insidious disease in 11/2004
