But those who are forced to face their mortality often experience many benefits. For example, they often choose more carefully how to spend their time or they may achieve a greater joy with the life they do have. It's important for people with cancer to know that in general, this illness is not a death sentence. Many patients with cancer will go into remission. It's often helpful for patients to talk to survivors of the illness so they can meet people who have gone through the process and have come out as survivors.
Cancer equals death' is the first thing people go through.
After that issues begin to differ for each person on what happens next. She was stunned by the lack of agreement. A lot of women come in and after they get over the shock of, 'I have cancer,' having to decide what to do about it. Surprisingly in medicine, there can frequently be little consensus. In many cases, the first step is helping the patient decide what to do.