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@denisestlouie Like you I'm very careful who I reveal my cancer diagnosis to. At some level, though, I have to decide who to share my private life with. The more open I am the more support I get.
If you came up an alternative to "cancer survivor" would it be "cancer goddess" or "cancer warrior"? Or may drop "cancer" altogether and refer to yourself as a "warrior?
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I am a warrior. My current journal has a title page "Fight Back! My No Mercy Journey". It's a part of my journal series "My Side of the Street, A Red-headed Rabble Rouser's View of the World. " I wear a small "warrior" pendant.
My health challenges are shared here on Mayo Connect, and with some people I know. I want them to see that a cancer diagnosis isn't always a sentence we cannot recover from. Being part of the greater good, being of service to others even on the days when feeling rotten, gives me meaning. Education of how to live a meaningful life reminds me where I've been, where I am.
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Drop cancer all together. I hate labels. I'll talk about all the time in these forums. I don't want to talk about it in person. Maybe it's just still to new. I'm approaching 6 mos.
Maybe I'll feel different in the future.