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Your Doctor And Cancer
When cancer is the topic of discussion with your doctor the situation becomes filled with uncertainty and often anxiety. Just hearing the word cancer often evokes many strong emotions or vivid images. If someone has had a relative suffer with cancer just the word will bring strong emotions to the table. Imagery associated with cancer is often of someone losing their hair from chemotherapy or someone suffering in pain from a widespread cancer. Dying with pain is one of the biggest fears that most people have and becomes even more a consideration when faced with a discussion about cancer.
Arriving at a diagnosis of cancer is never brief and a complete diagnosis and treatment plan requires a great deal of time. The waiting and process that is i