I find my life to be very full of GRATITUDE. I have survived three times, three different cancers, and I am a type I diabetic. I was diagnosed in 2004, with Non-Hodgkin Lymphona, 2012 with DCIS breast cancer and 2014 with Renal Cell Cancer. read more
In the cancer world, the term “survivor” is as ubiquitous as it is hard to define. Some cancer patients I’ve talked to feel that it’s too much territory to cover for a single word — every cancer patient has a different diagnosis, a different prognosis. “I loathe the term,” a Twitter acquaintance wrote to me. read more
Whether a person becomes a survivor at the time of diagnosis or after completing treatment, whether people who are actively dying are considered survivors, and whether healthy friends and family members of the cancer patient are also considered survivors, varies from group to group. read more