We talk about cancer as a noun, as if it's a one time event: 'I've got cancer.'
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Cancer is not one disease but many diseases.
I think the way we talk about cancer has really evolved. I remember the way my grandmother used to talk about it, like a death sentence, no-one would even mention the word.
Cancer is something that touches everyone's lives.
When you have cancer, it's like you enter a new time zone: the Cancer Zone. Everything in the Tropic of Cancer revolves around your health or your sickness. I didn't want my whole life to revolve around cancer. Life came first; cancer came second.
Having cancer is one thing; looking like you have cancer is another thing. It's a disease that already takes so much.
In a way, cancer is so simple and so natural. The older you get, this is just one of the things that happens as the clock ticks.
The thing with cancer is that you want to get it as early as you can.
Cancer is caused by what you do for many, many years, not what you do for a few weeks or months.
We all live with cancer, whether it is present in ourselves or affects someone we love.
It's clear to you immediately that you can have anything you want when you have cancer.
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