When you walk into the oncology ward of any hospital you will see one of two people. The person who is kicking the cancer's ass or the person who is getting their ass kicked by cancer. It is very black and white because there is no in between person. Have you ever wondered why some people can beat cancer and others can't? Sure the type of cancer and how aggressive it is place a part. But you hear thousands of stories of people with the most grim of circumstances and little hope of recovery beating the cancer. On the reverse side you hear thousands of stories of people with beatable types of cancer that succumb to the disease. So you can't really say the prognosis is what gives you one of the two people. So what could it be?
I believe it is actually defined by same very thing that has allowed humans to evolve and survive for millions of years; our "Fight or Flight" mechanism. See I think that some people when presented with the life shattering news of having cancer take the mindset that they are going to fight it. If you read Lance Armstrong's book he talks about how he would have conversations with his cancer and he would tell it that it chose the wrong body because he was going to kick its ass. Other people unfortunately choose the flight mechanism. The unfortunate thing for people who choose this method is there is no way to physically run from it so they mentally flee and give up.
So next time a personal tragedy comes knocking on your door remember those two types of people. Our minds and bodies are capable of amazing things when we choose the fighting mechanism.
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