Surviving Cancer -- and Its Repercussions
[07/31/99; Washington Post]
Lance Armstrong has given hope to cancer patients across the world. The
champion cyclist has proved that you can survive. But there is more to this
story than winning the Tour de France, something that only people (and their
kinfolk) who have had cancer or other dreaded diseases can understand.
At the moment, Armstrong is the most famous cancer survivor in the world,
and he is teaching the world something it badly needs to understand. Cancer
is not the death sentence it used to be. People can lead long, productive
lives
after even the most heroic therapy.
But all too often, when people find out you have cancer, you are written
off.
Your company sees no point in investing in you since you're probably not
going to be around for long. And for some, that's what happens. But I
learned after being told I had breast cancer that you can't pay attention to
survival statistics. Each person is an individual whose fate is a matter of
his
or her own destiny.
The full article can be found at:
http://search.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1999-07/30/055l-073099-idx.ht
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