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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Focus on fighting. [/b]

Develop a plan and line up support.

Remind yourself things could always be worse. Learn how to find the bright side and cling to it. Going to a dark place won’t help. Force yourself to look for the light and surround yourself with those who can help propel you forward.

Be present. Live. Laugh. Love.  [/quote]

OP, ignore this.

This "fight" metaphor (especially in the context of cancer) has done a great deal of damage. And I'm not even going to go into this "Live. Laugh. Love." nonsense. And you don't need to "find the bright side" right now at all or remind yourself that "things could always be worse." That is unhelpful at best.

Yeah. Ignore this pp. [/quote]

Because crawling into bed and throwing in the towel is a better approach?

Because it’s a good use of time to fixate on “what if” and lament what you might miss if you don’t make it to 80?

I know too many people who missed a lot of living because they were always depressed.

I know lots of people battling cancer and MS who are living life and having fun.

You do you. [/quote]

We don't fight or battle heart disease or diabetes or stroke, yet many people use that terminology for cancer. That is what the PP is referring to.  You can research treatments, get second opinions and decide on the course to follow whatever the disease, but no one is out there with a sword or gun or boxing gloves "fighting" their medical condition.[/quote]

Disagree.

Stroke patients fight to regain whatever they can.

Heart disease requires dramatic lifestyle changes.

Christina Applegate said in a recent interview that she’s keeping her membership at a tennis club even though she can’t play due to f’in MS. Why? Because she’s fighting like hell and clinging to the hope that one day she might be able to play again.

Digest the bad diagnosis and then determine next steps.

Like another poster said, nobody can predict the future. Play the cards you’ve been dealt. Better yet: throw the cards in the air and go play whatever game you want to play. [/quote]

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