What is your first thought if ( God forbid ) you have been diagnosed with cancer and know that you are going to go through some very tough times. Times where you may feel death is a better option then going through so much physical pain. The thought of leaving your loved ones behind etc?
What would you do? Would you think you are cursed and why you? or would you look at it in a positive manner as its given you the time to slow down from the fast pace we lead, enjoy the time with your family ( time you never had ), see some lovely places ( not on business ), fall in love with your wife/GF once again?
2006-10-29 03:34:35 · 13 answers · asked by livingonthinice 3 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Cancer
I would feel like my body had betrayed me. I think the normal reaction is "why me?" After the initial shock wore off, I would spend as much time with my family and friends as I could, and I would consider THAT a blessing. Being the person I am, I would have to fight it until the end. There could be no other choice for me.
2006-10-29 03:45:11 · answer #1 · answered by susan w 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Personally, I chose to see cancer as a blessing. Many wonderful things have happened in my life since being diagnosed. Yes, it was hard but I can't say, knowing all that I know now that I if I had it to go over again that I would have done without the cancer. It gave me new insight into life and into relationships and friendships. It gave me a new outlook on people as a whole. It made me face my mortality. People who I thought didn't care about anything actually turned out to have hearts. Everything that I prayed so hard for all my life finally came to me because of the cancer. Everything happens for a reason. Good can and does come from bad. God didn't curse me. He showed me the light.
2006-10-31 01:56:54 · answer #2 · answered by Jenna 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was about a month and a half between the time I was diagnosed with throat cancer and I had the surgery.
During that time I went about my normal business but I was on automatic pilot. I think I was stunned. For over a year afterwards, I was severely depressed as they had to remove my vocal cords. I begged God to kill me.
Now, 5 years later, I still wish it hadn't of happened, but I can see it as a blessing. If it hadn't of happened I would have kept smoking and by now would have been dead or dying of lung cancer. Whenever I have the opportunity to tell kids about my experience I do so and it's very gratifying when someone comes up to me later on and tells me I really made an impression on their kids. So if I can prevent one kid from taking up tobacco in any form, that's a blessing.
I've seen my stepfather, grandfather, uncles (2), and an aunt die of cancer.
My stepfather had lung cancer that went to his brain which is pretty common with lung cancer when it spreads. He was a vegetable at the end and there is no way to know how he suffered before he died. When he was still lucid, my mother said he would cry because he knew what was coming - that he would become like a baby. He cried for himself and my mother because he knew she would have to go through it with him.
My aunt also had lung cancer that went to her brain. She developed 5 inoperable tumors that put incredible pressure on her head to the point where her skull actually separated on top. She stayed lucid and aware right up until the time she died. The night they took her to the hospital for the final time she begged my uncle to kill her because the pain was so severe and nothing would stop it.
2006-10-29 03:57:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a breast cancer survivor since 1998. It was scary. They did catch it in time so I didn't have chemo only radiation.
That is the reason I always talk to my parents every week, say I love them. I talk to my son and tell him I love him and tell my husband I love him.
I try to live each day as if it is my last.
If I ever get cancer again and it is not caught it time, I would write a journal and put all of my thoughts down.
2006-10-29 12:14:39 · answer #4 · answered by Lynn M 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All cancers are not the same.
50% of cancer patients can be cured.
Each person is different and their response to cancer or cancer treatment can vary.
Cancer is dreaded because of the misinformation. If not curable cancer can still be managed effectively. It is considered one of the best managed chronic disease. A good quality of life can always be offered.
Diabetes does not have cure and it can be deadly. Hypertension does not have cure and its consequences can also be crippling, but people do not dread these words because the awareness is greater on these subjects.
There is a greater need on Cancer awareness.
Any person with disease needs good caring family and relatives and extraordinary doctors to support and understand them.
2006-10-29 07:42:44 · answer #5 · answered by harsha d 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
GOsh, I have had many family members and myself go through cancer.
Its a horrible, horrible thing. My heart breaks when i think of my mum, and my other family and dear friends that lost their lives to it :(
I was so upset, and I thought i was going to die very soon, and that it was spreading. It did not, but a yr later I got another breast cancer in the other breast. I went through all the chemo and rads 2x...also had a double mastectomy.
I still get scared, every time I have to go for scans, I am petrified.
I do not want to elave my family
GB
2006-10-30 12:07:46 · answer #6 · answered by riverstarr 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't feel cursed. I would be more reflective than that. I've lost friends and family to Camcer. Not very much fun. They say that 1 in 4 of us will get cancer. That's a pretty sobering thought. But if it happens, it happens. Whatever becomes of me is my destiny. I'll take it as it comes.
2006-10-29 03:44:41 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My mother-in-law is dying from it right now. Seeing what she is going through I just want to make sure that I am totally numb and have NO pain. I'm not afraid of after death because I am a Christian and truly believe there is a much better place for me. ~Peace~
2006-10-29 03:37:25 · answer #8 · answered by starrynight1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am sure my first thought would be anger and depression. But, this will not work. Live it up as much as you can, go traveling, do what you have been wanting to do. Spend more time with your family, this will help as well.
2006-10-29 03:44:27 · answer #9 · answered by cfoxwell99 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes its dreaded , be realistic , if there was a chance you would die , how would you feel . cancer is a horrible disease that not only affects the person who has it but their loved ones as well.
2006-10-30 15:04:34 · answer #10 · answered by sindi 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋