"Fighting cancer", "The Power of Yes", pink ribbons, and palliative care

[med_cat]

Communication, Comfort, and Closure for the Patient With Cystic Fibrosis at the End of Life: The Role of the Bedside Nurse, from the Symptom Management Series, in the Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing.

This one linked me to some others...these are more of general interest, especially these two:

Could the "Power of Yes" Be a Big Lie?(

Comments

[lindahoyland]

I get annoyed by all the "fight" terminology.

[med_cat]

Yep, so do I.

...One can't "fight" the force of gravity...etc.

[acelightning]

I also dislike the "battle" terminology, because I'm mostly a pacifist. The way I saw it when I was diagnosed with, first, endometrial cancer, and then after I'd had surgery and radiation for that, DCIS (more surgery and radiation), was not so much to "fight" it - how do you do that, anyway? - but to not just give up and lie there. All my life, going back to my childhood, my basic nature is to try not to let any kind of adversity get the better of me. I'd always try to figure out ways to get around obstacles and to outwit people and situations that were keeping me from doing what I wanted to do. Occasionally, I've found myself so tired I contemplated just giving up and letting things happen to me, but after some rest (and usually a good meal or two) I always say, "Hey, wait a minute, I'm not going to put up with that

[med_cat]

You are right

[acelightning]

Thank you! (And that's why you're invited to my 100th birthday party in 2047!)

[med_cat]

Hehe, OK :)