Cancer Truth Note: #140
People show up for the “project” that is cancer treatment; then stop showing up when the real challenges of recovering from treatment begins.
KristinaKotlus said it perfectly in episode 10 of Unspoken Cancer Truths (formerly the Cancer Cliff Notes), people show up for the project. In a similar way to how people fade into the woodwork, sometimes people show up for what they see as the challenging part, treatment.
Then treatment ends and people disappear again. Some people who really show up, stay more prominently in our lives after treatment, this is not that. Many people show up for the project and fade away when the project portion appears to be over.
As cancer survivors we know that treatment is more the end of the beginning than the end of the cancer journey.
Did you have a lot of project managers? Or friends checking in for support?
You can listen to my chat with Kristina here: https://fitnessdesignsolutions.com/ccn-with-jenn-cochran-episode-10-kristina-kotlus/.
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