Cancer

When people hear the words "You have cancer," they experience a wide range of feelings: shock, denial, anger, guilt, shame, anxiety, depression, confusion, uncertainty, doubt, fear. They enter a world of bewildering choices about treatment, pain management, health maintenance, financial burdens, changing personal relationships. They may even find that cancer is not the most serious problem they have to face.

Living with cancer is a challenge. No two cancers are alike, just as no two cancer patients are alike. Each circumstance is unique and comes with its own set of problems to be solved. Many cancers are curable; many can be controlled; many new treatments are being developed. Cancer is not a death sentence. But it may be a call to living in ways you may not have imagined.

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