Accepting your diagnosis of cancer 9 Articles

by Jack Pine

How can you accept a diagnosis of cancer? Accepting something implies attaining a level of comfort and tolerance with it that is satisfactory and agreeable. And despite how much you know about cancer, almost everyone kno...read more

by Steve Holder

It was supposed to be an ordinary physical, but I requested a PSA test as part of my routine screening just because I'd heard how common prostate cancer is in men. Doctors won't normally prescribe a PSA until you're 50, b...read more

by Tomeka Jack-Myree

It had been a great year. I had just gotten married to my soul mate and still feeling the high from sharing such a great moment with friends and family. My new husband and I were basking in the joy of marriage making plans...read more

by OAHU LOPAKA

Hi I was a forty year old tree climber/surgeon with my own company when I started feeling bad, kind of tired all the time. I had never had more than a bad cold as far as being sick went. I had a few bad cuts, and a coupl...read more

by Susan Schlatholt

I'm a survivor. Livestrong. "It's good they caught it early, you should be happy." That's easy for someone to say who doesn't have this diagnosis - cancer. That's easy for someone who hasn't watched family members and fr...read more

by Annette Haldiman

Kansas City Cancer Center and My New File There is no place that is ready in your brain to file the news that you have cancer. It is a piece of information that has no reference or links on which to attach. It's not r...read more

by Andy Ward

"That came in under my radar !".I remember thinking to myself as the word "Leukaemia" echoed around my head for a few moments.I was sat in a chair at the hematology department of Grantham hospital in Lincolnshire,UK, and m...read more

by Jo Coiner Burzycki

When I look back to my life two years ago and think about all the things I would let get to me, I can't help but laugh. Simple things would make me yell, "My life stinks!" Just daily stuff that we all complain about becaus...read more

by Caryn Arnold

I still have the calendar from that year. I can't seem to throw it away. All of my appointments for doctors, surgery and chemotherapy are recorded. I also have the slip of paper from the memo pad of my oncologist which rea...read more