Saving...

What do you think are the benefits of hearing cancer survivors' success stories?

Cancel

I was saddened to hear about David Servain Schreiber's death and some friends' recurrences. Do you feel positive stories help soften the blow?

Cancel

Topics (Tags):

Support Emotional Support Success Stories Positive Support

Topics:

Support X Emotional Support X Success Stories X Positive Support X

Done

Diseases:

Done

Answer Summary

Cancel

Answers (2)

DrAttai (Physician - Surgery - Breast (Verified) ) - 08 / 01 / 2011

I do believe that hearing about the successful treatment of other patients helps - we all need hope! And when you hear of the successful treatment of another patient, even if your condition is different, it gives you that hope, which can give you the strength to keep fighting and to keep going through treatment. You cannot underestimate the power of hope and positive thinking in any situation in life, but especially when dealing with the potentially life-threatening disease of cancer.

Cancel

Jan (Survivor (10 - 20 years)) - 08 / 04 / 2011

I believe those stories offer hope to patients who are still struggling with the impact of the diagnosis and/or going through treatment. It was nice for me to know that many people survive breast cancer long term. It's not the death sentence that it used to be decades ago. Hope is a powerful medicine.

Cancel

Note: Usernames have been made anonymous and profile images are not shown to protect the privacy of our members.

Note: All content on this site is informational and not a substitute for professional medical advice. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with questions regarding your health.

Flag Content

Please expain why you are flagging this content. Thank you.

Cancel

Thank you for flagging this content. We will look into it right away.

Give a 'Thank you' to

Cancel

Add Answer

Question:

Optional: What context or background information is relevant to this request?

Notes:
The more clear and thorough your request, the more likely you will receive support.
Many of our members are learning from this information or english might not be their first language. Please use standard english and spell out all words. For example, use 'you' instead of 'u'.

Submit

Thank you for sharing your question.

We will notify other members of your question. Responses will be sent to your email account as well as viewable at the following link:

We are finding other members now to join the chat.

Click here to start the chat.

Cancer questions and answers.

Personalized, helpful, and accurate health answers.

Join Via Facebook

Join Via Twitter

Question Statistics

Latest Activity: 08 / 04 / 2011
Views: 175
Followed By: 3 members