r/cancer • u/Rachel21321 • 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/Ok_Poetry_9619 2d ago
I'm with you. I've complained to my oncology team about it. Told them nobody who's ever been in a boxing ring would call it a fight.
They weren't expecting it from a 110 lb. woman, but I used to do martial arts. I told them it's a lot more like being in training than being in a fight. Fights are short and have an end. This just goes on and on and on.
Of course, it's like pulling the rug out from under them. They don't really know how to encourage you if they can't call you a fighter.