$35.00 NZD
Category: Health, Wellbeing, Medicine
Even though close to half of us will now experience cancer in our lifetime, we tend to talk about it as a biomedical event; of doctors, medical treatment and disease. We do not talk about cancer as a traumatic emotional event, and because we can’t always express the overwhelming emotional impact, the
Even though close to half of us will now experience cancer in our lifetime, we tend to talk about it as a biomedical event; of doctors, medical treatment and disease. We do not talk about cancer as a traumatic emotional event, and because we can’t always express the overwhelming emotional impact, the feelings stay buried inside us, hidden away. Sandra believes that if those of us with cancer can put our feelings into words, then ultimately, we can better understand not just our own needs but also encourage empathy and compassion in others along the way. Everyone with cancer has an emotional story – a story beyond the disease, beyond the treatment, beyond the prognosis, beyond the medical world – a deeply personal and human story. This is a story that captures something fundamental and unique about dealing with a life-changing illness, and facing your own mortality day-to-day.
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