Cancer Truth Note: #9
Your choices are YOUR choices, you don’t need to explain them.
Much like NO is a complete sentence, your choices are yours. Everyone has a judgement about everything, especially about cancer treatment. As one podcast guest put it, “Even the 20-year-old receptionist at my health club had an MD after her name feeling as though she was qualified to give me treatment advice.” Smile, say thank you, walk away. How you move through and past cancer and who you include in that process is up to you and you, alone.
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