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Some cancer patients see normalcy with prom attendance
Posted Jul 21st 2007 10:36AM by Brian White
Filed under: Chemotherapy, All Cancers
When afflicted with any health condition or disease, trying to make life normal is sometimes hard but it's great at getting your mind in a healthy state. If you're a teenager with cancer, attending a prom probably is the best way to find a semblance of normalcy for at least one evening.
That is, if you can stand. Some cancer patients I've talked to can be week the day of a chemotherapy treatment, but still talk and carry on, even in pain, as if they are the strongest people in the world. Guess what,
they are.The strength I've seen from teenagers and middle-aged folks going through a cancer battle is inspirational to say the least. Tired of looking to professional baseball players and movie stars as fake heroes? Try a cancer patient putting up a daily struggle with a smile at the same time.
That's a hero.
Tags: cancer, cancer hero, cancer survivor, CancerHero, CancerSurvivor
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