By David J. Hill — 2016
Siddhartha Mukherjee traced the history of cancer and significant discoveries and theories along the way. He said creativity is the most critical tool today’s young people have in finding ways to cure the disease.
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I often must remind myself that anger needs to be understood as the flip side of the roiling fear that cancer instills in patients and also in caregivers.
Includes Frequently Asked Questions about how to communicate and cope.
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This is written for the person with advanced cancer, but it can be helpful to the people who care for, love, and support this person, too.
In patients with cancer, corticosteroids, or steroids, can be a part of the cancer treatment or they might be used to help with the side effects of treatment, or even as part of a pain management program.
When I got sick, I warned my friends: Don’t try to make me stop thinking about death.
Coping with anger during cancer can be difficult. And although anger is commonly regarded as a negative emotion, it can have advantages for cancer patients.
Just as cancer affects your physical health, it can bring up a wide range of feelings you’re not used to dealing with. It can also make existing feelings seem more intense. They may change daily, hourly, or even minute to minute.
Many people living with cancer experience anger. Often, the feeling arises when receiving a cancer diagnosis. But it can develop any time throughout treatment and survivorship.
Intense, persistent, and suppressed anger may have a connection to cancer.
Taking into account your own wellbeing as well as the best interests of others, here are some of the most important ways to become a better person.