The Emotional Side Of Cancer
websitebuilder • December 14, 2019
Often, the emotional side of cancer for both patients and caregivers is overlooked in the hustle of doctors appointments, treatment appointments, the needs of daily living and the side effects treatments can bring. But it's key to acknowledge and treat the emotional side as well. Advice ranges from talking to someone who is not a family member and not directly impacted by the cancer, to modifying daily activities as needed to stay mentally healthy.
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Alex Trebek, must loved host of Jeopardy!, has stage 4 pancreatic cancer. Earlier this month he spoke candidly about how he has been doing since he diagnosis a year ago. He also talks about how happy he is to have reached the one year survival marker, which only 18% of those who are diagnosed reach.

"I never think of you as someone who had cancer" was said to Liza Bernstein after multiple cancer diagnoses. Later, during her third experience with cancer, in a haze of exhaustion and despair, she realized that it was impossible for cancer not to be a part of her identity. She asked herself, "Why should I cower in the denial of my experience because it inconveniences others?" From that moment, Liza decided to use her experiences and her identity for good, to help others. And she has continued to do just that since that moment in time.