r/cancer 3d ago

Patient Annoyed at calling it a fight?

Anyone else thankful but also get annoyed when people call you a fighter or this cancer a fight or that you are so brave? I don’t think I am any of those things. I am doing what I need to do to get better. It doesn’t feel like anything I’m really doing is “fighting” or “brave” or even changing the situation aside from making decisions. It feels like these steps I take either work or they don’t but not through much conscious fault of my own. To me it just feels like this shitty thing to hopefully get through.

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u/upwardspiral1999 3d ago

Well its a fight bc your fighting the cancer cells ..with chemo..meds..I understand why your annoyed lol I didnt want sympathy lol...I been in remission for while now..since 2005..had Hodgkins lymphoma as a teen...