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Lung Cancer
I have lung cancer and i dont know how to tell people and im scared.
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I Suppose you mean friends and family because it's no one elses business if you have an illness or disease.
I can't tell you what the best way is to tell them, there is no easy way, no way that will lessen the blow to them. I still remember when my Mom was in the hospital and tests were being done to see what her pains were from. Us kids (adults) showed up to visit and she just said, "I have bad news. The doctors confirmed liver and pancreatic cancer. It felt like my stomach dropped away. THen the adrenaline started going and my heart pounding. There is no way to go slowly or hint around the bush that will make it easier. Once they figure it out themselves or you finally tell them after a long delay and hints, the final news will hit the same as if you told them right away and to the point.
The sooner they know, the sooner they can rally around you and be supportive. You are going to need that. Yes, Cancer is a disease that is scary as so many die from it. However a will to live does help immensely. My mother did the usually chemo and such and though told she had 6 months to live, she lived almost 6 more years. She may have lived even longer if alternative treatments were available then. The family should be discussing what plan of attack you will take. Its up to you in the end what you will try.
I will say this, chemo and radiation is not selective, meaning it can't target just cancer cells, so all your good healthy cells are killed as well. That is what ends up killing the person faster than the cancer can. It fried my moms brain cells so she couldn't do things for herself, couldn't walk couldn't cook or do all things you do for yourself every day, it was like she was in a semi coma, staring ahead, not focusing on you, able to hear you but unable to respond, so we'd touch her face and announce ourselves and talk and when days had gone by, she had a good day where she was able to talk for a few hours and she would go back to the convo from days ago to now give her response. IT was a sad thing to see her in such a state. Cancers one thing but living like a partially comatose patient is an added, unnecessary condition brought on due to chemo. On the other hand, people with cancer just starting, not wide spread and in excellent health have recovered from treatment of cancer by chemo. I know a few personally. But I know many more who die from it. My husbands mom had cancer that came and went depending on the alternative treatments she recieved which were not available or ok'd in the US yet. Now they are. I have not researched what all they are but a place like natural holistic cancer centers do exist. I looked on line and found one in AZ
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There may be ones in your area or closer but you and family will have to do the researching and find one ASAP. What i like is that people with stage 1 thru 4 are now in remission using these natural methods and 85% success rate is listed. Thats more of a fighting change than killing all your healthy cells will do the traditional treatment way. However that is totally up to you.
If you'd like to look into one more natural way to treat cancer which may work for you, it involved taking cannabis (marijuana) treatments. Heres a link to show how it helped cure rather than be used to help with side effects of chemo. In it is link to the Rick Simpson story. He was cured and many he told of it, were cured when using it. HOwever he made it himself in an area where the law did not allow you to do it. If you choose to try this, I'd recommend doing so under the care of a naturopathic doctor trained to treat cancer by natural means. heres that link:
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