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Check out the current issue of our print edition of LivingToday Magazine , or find out how to subscribe . Each day, more than 200 Australians are told they have cancer. They begin a journey which involves coming to terms with their diagnosis, deciding on and undergoing treatment and then learning to live with cancer or as a cancer survivor. For many people, a cancer diagnosis hits like a lightning bolt, bringing a sudden realisation of mortality and the preciousness of life. Sometimes the experience brings about insights and realisations for which the individual may be grateful, but in 30 years treating patients I have yet to meet one who would not have preferred to avoid the disease.